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John 12:47 Error, isn't it? - rungold315 - 02-16-2011
But the Alexandrian reads "keep them" instead of "believe not". Why would Christ not judge those who believe NOT? Even on the world wide web, it seems nobody else seemed to have caught this one.
Re: John 12:47 Error, isn't it? - Laurie - 02-17-2011
Here are some parallel scriptures from various bibles on John 12: 47
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Re: John 12:47 Error, isn't it? - ograabe - 02-17-2011
The Peshitta text reads: "And he who hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge, for I did not come to judge the world but to make the world alive."
Otto
Re: John 12:47 Error, isn't it? - rungold315 - 02-17-2011
But why would Christ not judge those who keep NOT? That contradicts everything else he said about obedience and judgment, doesnt it? Look up the Alexandrian version, I believe it has it right. Or am i just not getting something here? Who can explain how this verse makes sense?
Re: John 12:47 Error, isn't it? - Jerry - 02-18-2011
rungold315 Wrote:But why would Christ not judge those who keep NOT? That contradicts everything else he said about obedience and judgment, doesnt it? ... Who can explain how this verse makes sense?John 12:48 might shed some light on it.
The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. - English Standard Version
I do think though that Yeshua was also making a distinction in verse 47 of not judging the physical world of that day, which many may have wanted him to do; but instead stating his purpose of saving us to the spiritual world of beyond.