Lifts up or takes away?

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Sat Apr 27 15:30:57 EDT 2002


At 09:58 AM 4/27/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello,
>Greetings! has anyone ever heard of the interpretation of John 15:2 every
>branch in me that does not bear fruit  he takes away... (NKJV)
>I heard a speaker say that all the translaters got this one wrong, that it
>should be translated "lifts up". Also that the context indicates this.

your speaker friend is not correct.  i think hes probably seeking novelty
rather than accuracy of translation.  the context requires the notion of
"taking away" rather than "lifting up".  besides- what on earth could it
possibly mean to say *every branch in me that does not bear fruit he lifts
up*?????  whats he lifting it up to?  in the nt the notion of *lifting up*
is the notion of exaltation.  so is your translator friend suggesting that
those christians who do not bear fruit will be exalted???  this is most
novel and extraordinarily unique.

someone once said to Luther--- sir are you alone correct and all the world
wrong?  perhaps a relevent question for your translator/speaker.

best

jim

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Quartz Hill School of Theology

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