Matthew 1-9 (Translated) - Revision history

NishantXavier: /* Chapter 5 */

2024-11-20T12:22:29Z

‎Chapter 5

Aschlafly: /* Chapter 2 */ It is unclear how extensively Herod's massacre of the innocents was implemented. Estimates range from dozens to more than 10,000.

2021-12-26T01:36:10Z

‎Chapter 2: It is unclear how extensively Herod's massacre of the innocents was implemented. Estimates range from dozens to more than 10,000.

Aschlafly: /* Chapter 2 */ "mocked of" is a fascinating translation by the KJV - the devil cannot withstand mockery. He doesn't like being "outsmarted" either.

2021-12-26T01:33:45Z

‎Chapter 2: "mocked of" is a fascinating translation by the KJV - the devil cannot withstand mockery. He doesn't like being "outsmarted" either.

TrumpConservative: /* Chapter 1 */

2020-08-28T18:58:16Z

‎Chapter 1

DavidB4-bot: Spelling/Grammar Check & Cleanup, typos fixed: throughly → thoroughly, Therefore → Therefore, (8), , → , (2)

2016-09-17T05:44:27Z

Spelling/Grammar Check & Cleanup, typos fixed: throughly → thoroughly, Therefore → Therefore, (8), , → , (2)

DavidB4-bot: clean up & uniformity

2016-07-13T15:49:37Z

clean up & uniformity

Aschlafly: add "see also" and references

2015-10-14T15:38:46Z

add "see also" and references

Aschlafly: /* Chapter 5 */ completed the merging or removal of alternative translations of certain verses (primarily the Beatitudes)

2015-10-14T04:27:31Z

‎Chapter 5: completed the merging or removal of alternative translations of certain verses (primarily the Beatitudes)

Aschlafly: /* Chapter 4 */ merged alternative translations, or selected the better ones

2015-10-14T04:22:19Z

‎Chapter 4: merged alternative translations, or selected the better ones

Aschlafly: more merging of alternative translations of verses

2015-10-14T04:10:41Z

more merging of alternative translations of verses

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 |<span id="5:3"></span>Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
-|Blessed are those who are not full of the themselves, for the Kingdom of heaven is theirs.<ref>Alternative: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven."</ref>
+|Happy are those who are not full of themselves, for the Kingdom of heaven is theirs.<ref>Alternative: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven."</ref>
 |The [[Greek]] word '''μακαριος''', "blessed," comes from '''μη''' (not) and the root '''καρ-''' which connotes being cut off. Thus when Jesus says that people are blessed, He means that they will not be cut off from God.
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 |<span id="5:4"></span>Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
-|Blessed are those who are grief-stricken, for they will be comforted.<ref>Alternative: "Blessed are the sad, for they shall be comforted."</ref>
+|Happy are those who are grief-stricken, for they will be comforted.<ref>Alternative: "Blessed are the sad, for they shall be comforted."</ref>
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 |<span id="5:5"></span>Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
-|Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
+|Happy are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
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 |<span id="5:6"></span>Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
-|Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
+|Happy are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
 |The use of the Greek accusative case connotes persons who actively do and pursue righteousness in their daily living.
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 |<span id="5:7"></span>Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
-|Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
+|Happy are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
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 |<span id="5:8"></span>Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
-|Blessed are the clean in heart, for they shall see God.
+|Happy are the clean in heart, for they shall see God.
 |The [[Greek]] word '''καθαρος''' means "clean." The English word ''pure'' has its roots in metallurgy and connotes a refined metal element separated in a furnace. That metaphor is used elsewhere in Scripture, but not here.
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 |<span id="5:9"></span>Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
-|Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.
+|Happy are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.
 |developed from the Scripture and current in the 1st cent. and common in the synagogual liturgy - "The One who makes Peace in His Heights, He will make Peace upon us." As God is called according to this His quality, so those who follow Him in this, will also be called, a new name - "Children of God"
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 |<span id="5:10"></span>Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
-|Blessed are they that are persecuted for the sake of justice, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
+|Happy are they that are persecuted for the sake of justice, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
 |The Greek preposition '''ενεκεν''', used with the ablative, means "for the sake of." Here Matthew refers to those who suffer for the cause of justice, whereas before he referred to those who sought to deal justly themselves.
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 |<span id="5:11"></span>Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
-|Blessed are you, when ''men'' shall denounce you, and persecute you, and say everything evil against you (falsely), for My sake.
+|Happy are you, when ''men'' shall denounce you, and persecute you, and say everything evil against you (falsely), for My sake.
 |Some Greek manuscripts omit the word translated as "falsely."
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 |<span id="2:16"></span>Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
-|Herod was very angry when he saw the scholars had outsmarted him.  He gave orders than all infants two years old and younger in Bethlehem and the neighboring coastlines be killed, as this would assuredly kill any infant born at the time the scholars had told him.
+|Herod was very angry when he saw the scholars had outsmarted him.  He gave orders that all infants two years old and younger in Bethlehem and the neighboring coastlines be killed, as this would assuredly kill any infant born at the time the scholars had told him.
 |"mocked of" is a fascinating translation by the [[KJV]] -  the [[devil]] cannot withstand mockery.  He doesn't like being "outsmarted" either.
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 |<span id="2:16"></span>Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
-|Herod was very angry when he saw the scholars had deceived him.  He gave orders than all infants two years old and younger in Bethlehem and the neighboring coastlines be killed, as this would assuredly kill any infant born at the time the scholars had told him.
+|Herod was very angry when he saw the scholars had outsmarted him.  He gave orders than all infants two years old and younger in Bethlehem and the neighboring coastlines be killed, as this would assuredly kill any infant born at the time the scholars had told him.
+|"mocked of" is a fascinating translation by the [[KJV]] -  the [[devil]] cannot withstand mockery.  He doesn't like being "outsmarted" either.
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 |<span id="1:3"></span>And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
 |And Judah fathered [[Pharez]] and [[Zerah]] of [[Tamar]], and Pharez fathered [[Hezron]], and Esrom fathered [[Ram]],
-|Original Hebrew transliterations are given here, with links to their biographies. The Greek versions of the names appeared in the [[Septuagint]].
+|Original Hebrew transliterations are given here, with links to their biographies. The Greek versions of the names appeared in the [[Septuagint]]. Some were not otherwise important figures in Biblical history and therefore do not have articles of their own.
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-|<span id="3:12"></span>Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
+|<span id="3:12"></span>Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
 |His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will rid his threshing-floor ''of all impure elements'', and gather his wheat into his barn; and he will burn  the chaff with a fire that cannot be quenched.
 |The Greek word '''ασβεστος''', meaning "unquenchable", survives as the term [[asbestos]], a mineral once prized as a flame-retardant.
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 |<span id="4:4"></span>But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
 |But Jesus answered and said, It is written, "Man does not live by bread alone, but also by every word coming from the mouth of God.<ref>Alternative: "But Jesus said in answer, "Scripture says: The life of Man is not just about consuming food, but about consuming the message of God."</ref>
-|The solemn and sonorous Biblical "answered and said" is proliptic and should be retained. It is there to tell us that we are about to hear Holy Writ. "It is written", is literal , understandable , and Hebraic all at once.
+|The solemn and sonorous Biblical "answered and said" is proliptic and should be retained. It is there to tell us that we are about to hear Holy Writ. "It is written", is literal, understandable, and Hebraic all at once.
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 |After seeing the masses before Him, he ascended the Mountain, then He sat down*[to be foot-noted at bottom]. Those who were learning from Him, came to Him
 |The [[Greek]] word '''μαθητης''' means a disciple.
-<br>What would have been understood by the original hearers and readers of Gospel of Matthew - Jesus was the fulfiller and then the displacer of Moses, viewing the crowd, as Moses did, Jesus ascended (dignified reminiscent of the Original Event, and when He got to the top, He SAT DOWN. That is mentioned, seemingly unimportant but actually very important. "Sitting down" was the 1st century act which meant "assumning authority". That is why there was a "seat of Moses" in the synagogue which Jesus said the Pharasees were presently occupying (that is why also the early bishops were represented as sitting with their clergy around them). His Learners - Talmidim (thus the Syriac and Hebrew behind the Greek Mathntns. Talmidim/mathntns does not really mean "pupil" which to the modern ear brings in "classroom", but rather followers or learners by seeing and hearing and doing - apprentices, if you will) came to him.
+<br>What would have been understood by the original hearers and readers of Gospel of Matthew - Jesus was the fulfiller and then the displacer of Moses, viewing the crowd, as Moses did, Jesus ascended (dignified reminiscent of the Original Event), and when He got to the top, He SAT DOWN. That is mentioned, seemingly unimportant but actually very important. "Sitting down" was the 1st century act which meant "assumning authority". That is why there was a "seat of Moses" in the synagogue which Jesus said the Pharasees were presently occupying (that is why also the early bishops were represented as sitting with their clergy around them). His Learners - Talmidim (thus the Syriac and Hebrew behind the Greek Mathntns. Talmidim/mathntns does not really mean "pupil" which to the modern ear brings in "classroom", but rather followers or learners by seeing and hearing and doing - apprentices, if you will) came to him.
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 |And he told them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of people."
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-*The context -- speaking to two rugged fishermen -- makes it clear that the masculine meaning of ανθρωπων was the connotation.  In modern terminology, no few would use a football analogy with a gender-neutral pronoun.
+*The context—speaking to two rugged fishermen—makes it clear that the masculine meaning of ανθρωπων was the connotation.  In modern terminology, no few would use a football analogy with a gender-neutral pronoun.
 *ανθρωπος is a gender-neutral word, which means 'person', not 'man'. What you would like this verse to mean isn't relevant.
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 == See also ==
-*[[Matthew 10-19 (Translated)]] <br/>
+*[[Matthew 10-19 (Translated)]]
-*[[Matthew 20-28 (Translated)]] <br/>
+*[[Matthew 20-28 (Translated)]]
 *[[Gospel of Matthew (Translated)]]
 == References ==
 <references/>
 [[Category:Conservative Bible]]

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 |<span id="4:1"></span>Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
 |Then God's will led Jesus into the desert to be tested by the devil.<ref>Alternative:
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 |and told him, "I will give You all these things, if You will fall down and worship me."
 |Satan now offers Jesus the chance to be a political Messiah, One Who uses raw political power.
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 |<span id="4:10"></span>Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
 |Then Jesus told him, "Get away from me, Satan. Scripture says, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him alone.'"
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 |<span id="4:11"></span>Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
 |Then, when the devil left Him, the angels came and served Him.
-|the "behold" asking us to see, and we do and we see, after the devil has left, or as he is leaving, the angels, in their turn, are coming in.
+|The "behold" asking us to see, and we do and we see, after the devil has left, or as he is leaving, the angels, in their turn, are coming in.
+<br>The word used is '''διακονεω''', which means "I wait on someone like a table waiter." From this root comes the Greek word '''διακονος''' a table waiter, which survives today as the word ''[[deacon]]''.
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 |<span id="4:4"></span>But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
-|But Jesus said in answer, "Scripture says: The life of Man is not just about consuming food, but about consuming the message of God".
+|But Jesus answered and said, It is written, "Man does not live by bread alone, but also by every word coming from the mouth of God.<ref>Alternative: "But Jesus said in answer, "Scripture says: The life of Man is not just about consuming food, but about consuming the message of God."</ref>
-|Satan suggests that Jesus should be an economic Messiah. Jesus rejects this, saying that taking God's message to heart is more important even than the daily diet.
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-|<span id="4:4"></span>But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
-|But Jesus answered and said, It is written, "Man does not live by bread alone, but also by every word coming from the mouth of God
 |The solemn and sonorous Biblical "answered and said" is proliptic and should be retained. It is there to tell us that we are about to hear Holy Writ. "It is written", is literal , understandable , and Hebraic all at once.
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 |<span id="4:6"></span>And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
-|And he told him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. Scripture says, ''does it not'', 'He shall give His Messengers a responsibility concerning You, and will carry You in their hands to prevent You from ''so much as'' striking Your foot against a stone.'"
+|The devil said to Him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. Yes, it is written,  "Concerning you, He will command His angels and they will bear you up in their hands so that not even your foot will hit rock. "
 |The word '''αγγελος''' literally means "messenger."
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 |<span id="4:8"></span>Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
-|Again the devil took Him up to an extremely tall mountain, and showed him all the nation-states of the world and ''all'' their glory,
+|Again the devil took Him up to an extremely tall mountain, and showed him all the nation-states of the world and ''all'' their glory,<ref>Alternative: "And again the the devil  took Him up a very high  mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world with  all their magnificence"</ref>
 |The [[Greek]] word '''βασιλεια''', a kingdom, is rendered "nation-state" here because it can stand for any nation-state having any form of government. Representative republics were not known at the time that the Evangelists and Apostles wrote, though they had been known earlier. All heads-of-state with whom these writers were familiar held titles that would translate today as "king" or "emperor." But when Satan shows Jesus all the nation-states of the world, he does not limit this vision only to those nation-states known to the Evangelists, or even only to those nation-states then existing. Rather, Satan demonstrates all nation-states, past, present, and future, as if to say that the governments of men have always been Satan's to bestow on anyone. Such is the measure of Satan's incomparable pride.
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