Ephesians 6:17 - the sword of the Spirit

Blahoslav Cicel Blahoslav.Cicel at cb.cz
Thu Oct 24 07:50:19 EDT 2002


Thanks for this question, I am just preparing a bible lesson from this text.

MACAIRA is a self defense weapon (as all the rest of the armour). I was
inspired how Jesus used the Word of God for to defend in the temptation.
This passage is also ment for thouse how are being tempted (verse 11 and
13), so it makes good sense.

Blahoslav Cicel
pastor in the north of Czecho

| -----Original Message-----
| From: Matthew Oakley [mailto:matt at samphire.org.uk]
| Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 4:39 AM
| To: Biblical Greek
| Subject: [b-greek] Ephesians 6:17 - the sword of the Spirit
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| Hello to all...this is my first post!
|
| Many years ago, I noted that the relative pronoun in this verse is neuter,
| agreeing with pneuma, not feminine agreeing with machaira.  'The sword of
| the spirit, which is the word of God' would then mean that the spirit (as
| the antecedent of the pronoun) is the word of God, not the sword.  This
| would also fit the structural sequences of the preceding verses, where the
| symbol is mentioned first, then the thing symbolized (e.g. breastplate (1)
| of righteousness (2)).
|
| So, we have exhortations to:
|
| put on righteousness (like a breastplate)
| put on truth (like a belt)
| take up the spirit (like a sword)
|
| What do y'all think of this?
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