Acts 2:24 Redux

[Dave]

Dave, with all respect make sure you know what you are talking about before making statements like that. Don't just refute something for the sake of winning a debate. You are shooting your own self with that statement above and you don't realize it.

Noted Dan. Thanks for the insight.

My statement was a blanket statement in general. The traditional text would hold a few keys that the western text would have missed as we may not have a particular text in some areas to compare. That, I can freely concede without a zeal towards the debate win. It's not about me, it's about correctness and originality, and if the traditional text would have the correct reading in an area(s), then one must accept it as such.

Would it be easier to just accept the traditional text and ignore the aspect of the western text? Oh of course, but if your a perfectionist like myself, you could never do that knowing what you know. Besides, if I start ignoring truth such as that, and accepting second best because I can't deal with the truth, then I take the chance that less truth will be presented to me from that point on.

That is a particular about me, nothing set in stone, just something I hold as a standard for myself to adhere to.

Knowledge without zeal is useless.
A zeal without knowledge is dangerous.
Sometimes, a little knowledge is also dangerous.

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