Greek

[HeRoseFromTheDead]

I find it hard to believe that there are words in the Greek language that cannot be expressed in English. So Ive heard. That bothers me. Cannot they come up with a sentence to explain it?

English is a weird language. Greek is far more technical and precise. So things don't always convey easily. Most things can be translated well, but a few things here and there require real inspiration to decipher.

 

[tanakh]

don't pull your hair out dwelling on it you'll end up in the tin foil hat academy.

I sometimes think CC is the Tin Foil Hat Academy!

 

[Marcelo]

You know I was thinking the other day. If the argument that the KJV has words that are outdated, meaning the meanings of the words have changed some today, wouldn't the same be for the Greek words that always get looked up? Back then, some could've had different meanings too.

My church, here in Brazil, uses a Portuguese equivalent to the KJV and I can't fully understand it without a good dictionary containing old fashioned words. This same church in Greece uses the Septuagint for the O.T. and the Textus Receptus (Koine Greek) for the New Testament.

An interesting thing is that they don't use the classical pronunciation - they use modern Greek pronunciation. They told me that even scholars in Greece do that.

The meaning of many Ancient Greek words have changed, but this is a problem for the translators - not for the readers.

 

[Chester]

If you want an interesting translation that helps clarify the meanings of Greek words - especially the tenses of verbs - try Wuest's expanded translation of the New Testament.

 

[FlSnookman7]

So God can create all there is, was and ever will be by speaking it into existence, but He can't keep His message pure through different translations? C'mon man.