05-06-2014, 02:29 PM
gp -
1. I'm gonna try again. I requested that you please tell us what you believe about Acts - Who wrote it, why, for what purpose, etc.. Not 20 pages of defensive firepower, just some basic ideas.
You come back over and over to Acts and it is a puzzle. What are your beliefs concerning Acts?
2. Further, you have some novel ideas concerning the text. "...we know that they only spoke Greek, why? Because the official definition of a Hellenist is "A Jew who spoke ONLY GREEK!" "
Where, oh where, did you get this idea of an "Official Definition?" Who was the official who made that rule up? When did that happen? What book? Where? This isn't some "Poster's Shorthand" here. You are making a HUGE assumption that can - and most certainly will - be argued 'til the cows come home and the cows are gonna be grazing very late tonight.
3. Acts 6: 1 does NOT state what you appear to be believe it says. The subject of the verse is not the "Hellenists" being discriminated against by "The Jews". "The Jews" were not in charge of obtaining and distributing the food (Do you know who was responsible for the acquisition and distribution of food?). The focus of the verse is the "WIDOWS", whose husbands are being killed by - Here we go again - "The Jews". Failure to understand this leads to you being deceived as to the purpose of this entire passage.
4. Please, gp, answer #1 first, before you set sail on the other comments. #1 is most important. It is obviously important to you as most of your Posting references Acts.
CW
1. I'm gonna try again. I requested that you please tell us what you believe about Acts - Who wrote it, why, for what purpose, etc.. Not 20 pages of defensive firepower, just some basic ideas.
You come back over and over to Acts and it is a puzzle. What are your beliefs concerning Acts?
2. Further, you have some novel ideas concerning the text. "...we know that they only spoke Greek, why? Because the official definition of a Hellenist is "A Jew who spoke ONLY GREEK!" "
Where, oh where, did you get this idea of an "Official Definition?" Who was the official who made that rule up? When did that happen? What book? Where? This isn't some "Poster's Shorthand" here. You are making a HUGE assumption that can - and most certainly will - be argued 'til the cows come home and the cows are gonna be grazing very late tonight.
3. Acts 6: 1 does NOT state what you appear to be believe it says. The subject of the verse is not the "Hellenists" being discriminated against by "The Jews". "The Jews" were not in charge of obtaining and distributing the food (Do you know who was responsible for the acquisition and distribution of food?). The focus of the verse is the "WIDOWS", whose husbands are being killed by - Here we go again - "The Jews". Failure to understand this leads to you being deceived as to the purpose of this entire passage.
4. Please, gp, answer #1 first, before you set sail on the other comments. #1 is most important. It is obviously important to you as most of your Posting references Acts.
CW