04-22-2013, 03:06 PM
bknight Wrote:Not so sure, Akhi. Compare with Colossians 3:11 --
Jew is contrasted with Aramaean, but Greek is contrasted with barbarian.
Shlama.
This verse is clearly listing "opposites" - Jew/Gentile (opposite), Circumcision/Uncircumcision (opposite), Greek/barbarian (opposite), slave/free (opposite), etc.
Note that the GNT loses the parallelism here of opposites. The ANT makes sense, the GNT does not. To make matters worse, not only did they substitute "Greek" for "Gentile", but they also introduced "Scythian" as the "opposite" of "Barbarian", when in fact the reverse was true - Scythians were the epitome of barbarianism.
The GNT has Paul rambling like a fool, the ANT has him making a beautiful statement.
+Shamasha