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Also, in this context any speech by Jesus would have likely been in Aramaic rather than Greek, so the Greek phrase attributed to him would probably not be a quotation but rather a thought or intention.
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→See also: Essay:Best Conservapedia insights about the Bible
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"Commanded" could be used here if it did not have an oral connotation - see also Psalm 33:9 ...
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better English translation of Mark, in light of the discussion about physics, descriptions by more precise writers and an eyewitness, and grammar: enjoined the sea to a silent state
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April 4, 2017
not "by deed" - omit that possibility
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But those translations of Mark are incorrect because Jesus's spoken words, if any, would have been in Aramaic in this context, not in Greek, so the Greek wording cannot plausibly represent an actual quotation.
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James Strong, the 19th century author of Strong's Concordance on the Bible, was not a modern physicist and his definitions tend to lack abstraction, even where obviously necessary.
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It has a connotation of speaking only when used in a context of verbal communication such as putting an argument to rest, which is not the case here in observing nature.
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Keep it as a monument to ignorance....
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please discuss at Conservapedia:AFD Essay:Calming the Storm or Talk:Essay:Calming the Storm !
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Modern physicians -- the insights of [[quantum mechanics] -- suggest that the calming was achieved by observation, not by word or deed.
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Jesus "judged" the wind and waves, rather than "reprimanded
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correct translation should be: "Then He got up and judged the winds and the sea, and a great calm fell."
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The English term "rebuke" carries the primary connotation of a verbal communication, while in the Greek ἐπιτιμάω has the primary connotation of a non-verbal judgment.
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The real meaning of the Greek "ἐπιτιμάω" is closer to "judge" than to affirmatively rebuke. The term can even be used in a positive manner, as in "honor" or "raise the price of." The English term
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Is "rebuked" the correct translation? The NASB also uses that term to describe the work of Jesus in causing the fever to subside in Luke 4:39, and in describing exorcisms performed by
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