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:::::We'll see what others say, but I don't find either your first or second point logical.  Idioms and the meaning of words change over 400 years.  Just because a Greek word is used repetitively, it does not mean the English translation is identical in every context.  The context does matter.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 00:38, 24 October 2009 (EDT)

:::::We'll see what others say, but I don't find either your first or second point logical.  Idioms and the meaning of words change over 400 years.  Just because a Greek word is used repetitively, it does not mean the English translation is identical in every context.  The context does matter.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 00:38, 24 October 2009 (EDT)

::::::I agree that idioms and meanings change over the years, but I believe that the important focus is translating the words of the Bible as they are written into language that is consistent with the meanings that the authors of those words intended and would have understood. If a idiom presents itself as sensible to our understanding as 21st century Americans, that says nothing about the meaning ascribed to the idiom by a 1st century Jew writing in Greek. I respectfully disagree with your objections to my thoughts. [[User:Cambrian|Cambrian]] 01:03, 24 October 2009 (EDT)

::::::I agree that idioms and meanings change over the years, but I believe that the important focus is translating the words of the Bible as they are written into language that is consistent with the meanings that the authors of those words intended and would have understood. If a idiom presents itself as sensible to our understanding as 21st century Americans, that says nothing about the meaning ascribed to the idiom by a 1st century Jew writing in Greek. I respectfully disagree with your objections to my thoughts. [[User:Cambrian|Cambrian]] 01:03, 24 October 2009 (EDT)

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