misthos?

Jim West jwest at Highland.Net
Thu Jun 25 11:15:33 EDT 1998


Colleagues,

In a commentary I am presently reading, the author states at Mt 6:1 that
<gk> misthon</gk> means "a gift a father gives, not a wage the employer owes".

But in checking the lexicons I do not find this distinction made.  Sure,
misthon means reward/wage- but is it accurate to say that in Mt 6:1 such a
sharp distinction can be made between reward and payment?

In short, would Matthew have understood reward as anything but a form of
payment for righteous deeds?

Best,

Jim

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Jim West, ThD
Pastor, Petros Baptist Church
Adjunct Professor of Bible,
Quartz Hill School of Theology

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