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| | |replace "peace" with "tranquility" - but this then gives possible issues for verses like I Kings 20:18, which now reads ''And he said, Whether they be come out for tranquility, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.'' Perhaps we could keep "peace" for ''shalom'', and "tranquility" for ''eirene''? Except Jesus, saying "Peace be with you", is presumably using shalom alechem, or Aramaic cognate, which leads to some interesting issues of consistency. | | |replace "peace" with "tranquility" - but this then gives possible issues for verses like I Kings 20:18, which now reads ''And he said, Whether they be come out for tranquility, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.'' Perhaps we could keep "peace" for ''shalom'', and "tranquility" for ''eirene''? Except Jesus, saying "Peace be with you", is presumably using shalom alechem, or Aramaic cognate, which leads to some interesting issues of consistency. |
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| − | |Greek πλούσιος transliteration: "plousios": "wealthy, abounding in material resources"<ref>http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=4145</ref> | + | |Greek πλούσιος transliteration: "plousios": "abundantly supplied"<ref>http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=4145</ref> |
| | |"rich" | | |"rich" |
| | |"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 19:24) | | |"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 19:24) |
| − | |"rich" now refers simply to one with many possessions, and this verse is sometimes misunderstood to justify laziness or even socialism | + | |most people are abundantly supplied today with food and entertainment, and "rich" has come to mean ''monetary'' wealth unknown at Jesus's time; continued use of "rich" allows the verse to be misunderstood to justify laziness and socialism |
| − | |having a love of possession for its own sake; miserliness | + | |miserliness to the point of laziness and being unproductive |
| − | |replace "rich" with "miserly" - but N.B. ''When the evening came, there came a '''miserly''' man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple''. It could work, though. | + | |replace "rich" with "miserly" or "idle miser" - but N.B. ''When the evening came, there came an '''idle miser''' of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple''. It could work, though. |
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