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NASB | Ephesians 3:9 and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 3:9 and to make plain [to everyone] the plan of the mystery [regarding the uniting of believing Jews and Gentiles into one body] which [until now] was kept hidden through the ages in [the mind of] God who created all things. |
Bible Question (short): Clarifications re "aion" |
Question (full): Thanks to all for your responses and links to study aids. Tim, I understand you are the Greek expert here. Could you clarify a few things for me? -Is there a difference between the modern Greek spoken today and the Greek of the New Testament as far as it making a difference in translation? -You said, “It is easy to see how v. 11 could be translated as 'eternal purpose'.” Coud you explain what you mean? It seems that the translators of the KJV/NAS were inserting their own interpretation into the translations, weren’t they? -In the KJV, the translators have many times rendered “aion” as “eternal” or “forever”. However, as I have been studying this I’ve come to the conclusion that “aion” can only be correctly rendered as: a limited time, an age, and the plural means ages. Am I correct in this? Thanks for your help. |