Dear ‘noj,’
I was expecting this kind of a reply for my posting for some time and you provided it on 9 July 2010. There are reasons for not seeing the Hebrew and Greek words in the reference materials, when you make a partial search. Let me address few of them.
First, you are not searching the Scriptures in the original language, but are searching reference works on the Scriptures. These reference works are works of men and should not be treated as equal as or greater than the Scriptures. Surely, they wrote those materials to help a serious student to study the Word of God and not for serious contentious person to mislead others, when they pretend that they know the ancient languages, while they don’t. Therefore, you should read the Scriptures in the original language before you search those reference materials, like Lexicons, to find all the words as written in the Scriptures.
When you wrote, “I could not trace many Greek words that you write. It is highly time consuming and is of no Yesterday, I had to spend many hours finding out the Greek words that you write,” you did not provide the words that you searched for. Instead, you gave only a very general statement. Therefore, I could not help you. What ever those words are, please check in the original language as written in the Scriptures and not books on the Scriptures. On the thread, “Lords table and brethren,” I provided the Greek reading of 1 Corinthians 10:17 in answer to your similar question of TOU ENOS ARTOU.
Second, on this point, I wish to consider Lexicons, because you mentioned it in your posting. Lexicons give the basic word and within its body of discussion, you may find variations of that word. In order to have all variations, you have to have an unabridged lexicon.
Let me try to explain using Malayalam. There are variations to a basic word and for simplicity; I am using the following Malayalam words. VARUKA, VARUNNU, VANNU, VARUM, VARANAM, VANNUKONDEYIRIKKUNNU, VANNIRUNNU, …. There could be some more, but let me limit. A Malayalam lexicon may start with the basic form and may include all variations within its discussion. In order to find a specific variant, you may have to read all of it and not the word that is used to start the discussion on it. We may face a similar situation in a dictionary. If we are using an abridged dictionary, then not all variations will be found in it. Therefore, an unabridged dictionary is preferable.
Third, when people could justify from the Scriptures what they write, they will not find me saying anything against what they write. When I disagree with any, I write what I saw in the Scriptures. I try to use the immediate context as well as all pertaining verses. In order to justify from the Scriptures, we should search the Scriptures. Searching the writings of others, as you wrote “I can depend on many fine articles and literature avaialble as resouces for me,” is not searching the Scriptures. Hearing or reading a sermon is not searching the Scriptures. It is searching the literature. The Jews of Berea heard Apostle Paul and then they went home and searched the Scriptures on what they heard.
Fourth, The Scriptures are the Word of God. Being God’s word, the study of it will be time consuming and mind taxing. On the other hand, reading the works of others will not be time consuming or mind taxing. It is just being spoon-fed. When the baby is spoon fed, he is satisfied and content. When that baby grows to be a child and then to an adult, if he/she wants to be spoon-fed, then that is not a sign of healthy growth. There is something wrong with that grown or growing person. I wish we all would start to search the Scriptures, at least in the language in which we are familiar.
A final comment: do you know how much time I spent in searching the Scriptures? I search the Scriptures in the original languages, if it is necessary. It is in the hope that I could help at least one of the readers. If it is not a two or three line posting, I write search, then write, then read, then edit, and then spell-check, if necessary. There is a possibility that I may miss the wrong word, spelled correctly. This is done in the hope of helping at least one of my brethren. People who disagree with me may think that they could intimidate me by writing as you did, “Discussing with you will be like confronting an enemy to show excellence in knowlege.” I do all things as to the Lord (Ephesians 6:7-8; Titus 2:10). In this context, Matthew 10:34-42 is appropriate. In conclusion, when a person does not want to be identified and use initials or pseudonym, that itself indicate that he/she does not want me to greet him/her by the real name. The Scriptures demands, “Greet the friends by name” (3 John 14). That is why I use my name, every one knows me by my name, and when I go to a place, they could recognize me as I write on this Forum. I write with that in my mind, while those who do not use their proper name, do not have to worry about that.
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