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Colossians 3:11 Scythians
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Regarding 'Barbraya', it idiomatically means 'foreigner': more specifically "anyone who is not Greek"1 (as Barbraya is of Greek origin).The other pairs of this verse seem to be juxtapositions, yet a definition of 'Scythian' is "the wildest of barbarians"2. I'm no expert here, but it seems that the translators missed the contrast... literally "Greek and non-Greek". I think the translator did not pick up on this and regarded the term 'Greek' here as negative, thus rendering it as 'Scythian.'
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Colossians 3:11 Scythians - by distazo - 01-03-2010, 04:58 PM
Re: Colossians 3:11 Scythians - by Aaron S - 01-03-2010, 08:56 PM
Re: Colossians 3:11 Scythians - by abudar2000 - 01-04-2010, 11:18 AM
Re: Colossians 3:11 Scythians - by distazo - 01-05-2010, 07:43 AM

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