the original sense of New Testament Greek ἁμαρτία hamartia "sin", is failure, being in error, missing the mark, especially in spear throwing;[3] Hebrew hata "sin" originates in archery and literally refers to missing the "gold" at the centre of a target, but hitting the target, i.e. error.[4] "To sin" has been defined from a Greek concordance as "to miss the mark".[5]
When people quoted missing the mark in the past I always imagined a measuring mark
on a door, like a height, not a mark as in a target for spear throwing, or archery.
It makes sense therefore that this is not a Jewish definition of sin as there is nothing in
scripture about target practice etc. The warring city states like Sparta I can imagine missing
the mark was a serious error as they lived to fight and die in battle.
So if this is the way we are meant to be in Christ, in love and peace, throwing spears to kill
people which is the mark we are missing, you can see how far off this is from Gods language.
When people quoted missing the mark in the past I always imagined a measuring mark
on a door, like a height, not a mark as in a target for spear throwing, or archery.
It makes sense therefore that this is not a Jewish definition of sin as there is nothing in
scripture about target practice etc. The warring city states like Sparta I can imagine missing
the mark was a serious error as they lived to fight and die in battle.
So if this is the way we are meant to be in Christ, in love and peace, throwing spears to kill
people which is the mark we are missing, you can see how far off this is from Gods language.
