[B-Greek] Rom 12:1 LATREO
Maurice A. O'Sullivan
mauros at iol.ie
Thu Nov 6 12:46:30 EST 2003
At 14:27 06/11/2003, KENBFRAZIER at aol.com wrote:
>What does this word mean? Will I get as many different answers from Greek
>scholars, as I have from students of the English Bible? If so, why? How
>do we,
>2000 years later, know what a word means....?
>
>Having followed this bulletin board only for a few weeks, I've noticed there
>are many questions about the precise meaning of a passage, and many opinions
>(based on years of scholarship) about the answer. How does a scholar or a
>preacher of the gospel handle the fact that there is so much we cannot be
>truly
>certain of?
I realize that this reply is no answer to your puzzlement -- but please do
bear in mind this quotation from C.S. Lewis:
>> "Mere description is impossible. Language forces you to an implicit
comment."
Maurice A. O'Sullivan [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros at iol.ie
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