User:AugustO

My motivation

“	Μαρτυρῶ ἐγὼ παντὶ τῷ ἀκούοντι τοὺς λόγους τῆς προφητείας τοῦ βιβλίου τούτου· ἐάν τις ἐπιθῇ ἐπ’ αὐτά, ἐπιθήσει ὁ Θεὸς ἐπ’ αὐτὸν τὰς πληγὰς τὰς γεγραμμένας ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ·καὶ ἐάν τις ἀφέλῃ ἀπὸ τῶν λόγων τοῦ βιβλίου τῆς προφητείας ταύτης, ἀφελεῖ ὁ Θεὸς τὸ μέρος αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆς καὶ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως τῆς ἁγίας, τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ. Λέγει ὁ μαρτυρῶν ταῦτα Ναί, ἔρχομαι ταχύ. Ἀμήν, ἔρχου Κύριε Ἰησοῦ.	”
—Rev 22:18-20

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“	Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.	”
—Abraham Lincoln

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“	A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.	”
—Alexander Pope: An Essay on Criticism

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“	καὶ διεγερθεὶς ἐπετίμησεν τῷ ἀνέμῳ καὶ εἶπεν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, Σιώπα, πεφίμωσο. καὶ ἐκόπασεν ὁ ἄνεμος, καὶ ἐγένετο γαλήνη μεγάλη. In the Mark verse above, traditional translations insert the word "said" as though Jesus caused the calming by verbally ordering the sea to be still. But "λέγω" -- the Greek term used for said in some versions -- does not appear in the Greek above, and where it does appear in Greek versions its real meaning is to "lay", to "cause to lie down," or to "put to sleep." It only has a connotation of speaking when used in a context of verbal communication (as in putting one word with another), which is not the case here.	”
—Andrew Schlafly: Essay:Calming the Storm

3rd Person Singular Indicative Active of λέγω (I say)
Present	λέγει	he says
Aorist	εἶπε(ν)	he said
Future	ἐρεῖ	he will say
Perfect	εἴρηκε	he has said
Imperfect	ἔλεγε	he used to say
Pluperfect	ᾐρήκει	he had said

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“	οὗτος ... μίαν means "this one." The ESV admits this, but then translates it as something else!	”
—Andy Schlafly (talk) 19:46, 15 November 2015 (EST)

It is not only that Andy Schlafly's mistake is so grotesque (he tries to attribute a femine accusative adjective to a masculine nominative pronoun) - the claim that the editors of the "English Standard Version" admit to commit the same atrocity, but then somehow cover it up, is ludicrous (Hint: they just use the standard translation of the demonstrative pronoun)

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Why is Andrew Schlafly's insight more reliable than the Gospel of Mark?

“	Mark wasn't there. Jesus did not speak aloud to a storm.	”
—Andy Schlafly (talk) 09:44, 10 March 2016 (EST)