03-25-2011, 12:10 PM
If we read vers 46 we could conclude how it can be translated.
Because the Jews rejected the Word of God, they were not worthy for eternal life.
It was not the other way around as if they were NOT worthy and so they rejected the word!
It was there reaction on Pauls preaching.
Now all the major aramaic translations have something like this in vers 48: "and they believed who were disposed [Or, set unto.] unto eternal life." (Etheridge)
Could it be that they had a mind for eternal life -so- they believed?
Because the Jews rejected the Word of God, they were not worthy for eternal life.
It was not the other way around as if they were NOT worthy and so they rejected the word!
It was there reaction on Pauls preaching.
Now all the major aramaic translations have something like this in vers 48: "and they believed who were disposed [Or, set unto.] unto eternal life." (Etheridge)
Could it be that they had a mind for eternal life -so- they believed?