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Talk:Matthew 10-19 (Translated) (view source)
Revision as of 14:25, October 11, 2010
, 14:25, October 11, 2010idle miser
Here is how I would translate this, "''Accept my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is wonderfully pleasant, and my burden is very light.''" The "yoke" He is referencing here is the totality of what Jesus offers His disciples, including His teaching, His death and resurrection, eternal life, etc. All of this is wonderful, pleasant, gentle and restful. He will lift from us our burdens of sin, and replace it with His "yoke" - the totality of what He has to offer us - and all of that is very pleasant indeed. Jesus is speaking as our Rabbi to accept everything He has to offer, because unlike the "yoke" of most Rabbis, His is light and pleasant, because it gives something no other Rabbi can give: forgiveness of sins and eternal life.--[[User:MBack|Michael Back]] 17:08, 9 December 2009 (EST)
Here is how I would translate this, "''Accept my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is wonderfully pleasant, and my burden is very light.''" The "yoke" He is referencing here is the totality of what Jesus offers His disciples, including His teaching, His death and resurrection, eternal life, etc. All of this is wonderful, pleasant, gentle and restful. He will lift from us our burdens of sin, and replace it with His "yoke" - the totality of what He has to offer us - and all of that is very pleasant indeed. Jesus is speaking as our Rabbi to accept everything He has to offer, because unlike the "yoke" of most Rabbis, His is light and pleasant, because it gives something no other Rabbi can give: forgiveness of sins and eternal life.--[[User:MBack|Michael Back]] 17:08, 9 December 2009 (EST)
== "Idle Miser" ==
This suggestion is a fascinating one, but I wonder if we should consider the possibility that this passage is straight-up [[liberal fraud]]. I can't think of anywhere else in the Bible with a message at all similar to this. It sounds like something added by a monk whose monastery found itself at the losing end of some papal budget cuts. Maybe it's even a jab at the pope himself! I suggest that more careful textual and historical study may be in order. --[[User:LanceS|LanceS]] 10:25, 11 October 2010 (EDT)