[B-Greek] John 10:10

William Zeitler william at faithfulbible.com
Tue Dec 28 00:27:30 EST 2004


hO KLEPTHS OUK ERCETAI EI MH INA KLEYH KAI QUSH KAI APOLESH.

QUSH seems clear enough: either 'sacrifice' or 'slaughter'. To kill an
animal for a useful purpose, whether that be the dinner table or a temple
sacrifice.

One thought that occurs to me is that when Jesus says that the thief wants
to "steal and SLAUGHTER and destroy" the sheep, that when Jesus says
SLAUGHTER (QUSH) He's describing the thief killing us for his own selfish
purposes; Jesus then goes on to say that the thief may also DESTROY
(APOLESH) us for no particular reason.

The construction 'steal and slaughter and destroy' is just striking to me.
It's almost overkill. So I just keep thinking He's trying to make a deeper
point here.

Or maybe it's 'sequential': first the thief steals us, then he slaughters
us, then he destroys us.

Thots?

william zeitler





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