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Not only "these days." Back in the seventeenth century, the translators of the KJV evidently found it a tricky question to deal with. In 1 Cor 11:25, as in thirty-something other places in the NT, the Greek word διαθήκη (diathéké) is usually translated as “covenant”. The KJV, however, sometimes...

Thank you, @Thaddeus!

Excuse me for interrupting your conversation, but what does BOC stand for? That abbreviation is new to me. Thanks

In full, James writes in this verse, “Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord" (James 5:14, ESV). The verb “anoint” in this verse has provided commentators with abundant fuel for their...

Where did you see that? In fact I have never seen that spelling anywhere except in your post.

@Musicmaster, by the way, in case yon're not already familiar with it, here is a website that I have found to be very conveniently arranged and user-friendly. It seems to be a one-man show, run by Alan Bunning, a professor at Purdue University in Lafayette, IN. https://greekcntr.org/collation/

Thank you, @Musicmaster. Yes, it does help. You've made it quite clear now. Regards Bart

G. B. Caird's commentary on Luke is now over sixty years old and may have been superseded by more recent research, but this (briefly) is what he says about the two versions of the Lord's Prayer: A comparison with Matt 6:9-13 shows that at some points the one is more original and at some points...

Hi @Musicmaster. I’m arriving late at this thread, which is already up to over a hundred posts. I’ve done my best to look through them all but I may have missed one where you have already answered my question. If so, I apologize. In your OP, I’m a bit mystified by your remark about...

Well, @HeIsHere, we’re in agreement up to a point. Most Bible editors prefer to handle these three verses as though the interlocutor is speaking in the first part of v. 18 and then James gives his reply in the second part of that verse followed by the whole of vv. 19 and 20. Here, for instance...

When you say "that line," which verse, exactly, are you referring to? Surely you can't mean James 2:20, "But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?" That is not the interlocutor speaking, it is James' reply to the interlocutor.

I misunderstood your post. My apologies for that. In my OP I quoted a sentence from Caird's commentary on Luke. He is implying, I think, that the resentment against the carpenter's son from their own village in an interpretation that applies to the Mark/ Matthew version of the incident but not...

I don’t think any of us can be 100 percent sure. It’s something we won’t find out until the time comes. In the meantime, we can repeat with the Prodigal Son, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.” One last detail. Is smoking a sin...

Two different Hebrew calendars in use at the same time — Has anyone here at Christian Chat ever heard of this theory? On the discrepancy between the Synoptics and John on the date of the Crucifixion, some adherents to a strict form of Biblical inerrancy claim that two different calendars were in...

If I've understood you correctly, you're saying it has nothing to do with the Elijah and Elisha incidents that Jesus has just quoted. Is that correct?

But jealousy of what? And pride in what? As I said earlier in my first reply to you, in Luke’s account I see evidence of their pride in the privileged status of Israel as God’s chosen people, and that there is a difference between that kind of pride and their taking offense at what they see as...

Thank you, @Thaddeus. So where does that leave the passage in Jesus’ address to the synagogue where he quotes those two OT episodes involving Gentiles? And the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”...

In place of the “scandal” word used by Mark and Matthew, Luke says the people ἐπλήσθησαν θυμοῦ (eplésthésan thumou), usually translated as “were filled with rage” or, as here in the ESV, “with wrath.” Would that make a difference?

Agreed ― up to a point. Pride in what, exactly? If Luke has correctly quoted Jesus’ words about Elijah and the widow and about Elisha and Naaman, that would suggest he has offended their pride in the privileged status of Israel as God’s chosen people. But in the version presented by Mark and...

Thank you, @dkontner. Yes, that would certainly apply to the congregation’s reaction in Mark and Matthew. No doubt about it. But what about Luke’s version, where Jesus attaches special significance to two OT episodes, one involving Elijah and the widow and the other Elisha’s healing of Naaman...