03-15-2013, 08:00 AM
Shlama Akhi Will,
Considering your above statements, please explain the occurance of "Christian" in The Eastern PeshittA text of 1 Peter 4:16.
"But if he suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on account of this name." -Murdock
"But if he suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify Aloha in that very name." -Etheridge
Here is a note on this verse by our dear Brother.
"The reader may well be surprised to find this term in the Aramaic text. However, it was actually a term which was placed upon the believers by their peers and townsfolk first in the city of Antioch, as explained in Abde? d?Shleekhe? (Acts) 11:26. Antioch was not a predominantly Jewish city, although there was a large population there, which explains why the students of Yeshu'a, and the subsequent missionaries spent a good deal of time in that location. The interaction between Hebrew and Gentile in that city would have been far more common a thing than the interaction between the same individuals in the land of Yeesra?El. Thus, while the believers in Yeesra?El were known commonly as followers of a sect of Judaism, those abroad started to become known as Kreestyane? -- Christians, from the Greek term for ?Messiah.? Thus, literally, they were being called Messianics, if one desired to be absolutely technical about it. The name had nothing to do with any Greek or pagan deity, but was an appropriate term given the language of the people for those who were trusting in the Man they called ?Messiah.?
Also read the note on this verse in the AENT, for further edification.
Blessings,
Chuck
.
Considering your above statements, please explain the occurance of "Christian" in The Eastern PeshittA text of 1 Peter 4:16.
"But if he suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on account of this name." -Murdock
"But if he suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify Aloha in that very name." -Etheridge
Here is a note on this verse by our dear Brother.
"The reader may well be surprised to find this term in the Aramaic text. However, it was actually a term which was placed upon the believers by their peers and townsfolk first in the city of Antioch, as explained in Abde? d?Shleekhe? (Acts) 11:26. Antioch was not a predominantly Jewish city, although there was a large population there, which explains why the students of Yeshu'a, and the subsequent missionaries spent a good deal of time in that location. The interaction between Hebrew and Gentile in that city would have been far more common a thing than the interaction between the same individuals in the land of Yeesra?El. Thus, while the believers in Yeesra?El were known commonly as followers of a sect of Judaism, those abroad started to become known as Kreestyane? -- Christians, from the Greek term for ?Messiah.? Thus, literally, they were being called Messianics, if one desired to be absolutely technical about it. The name had nothing to do with any Greek or pagan deity, but was an appropriate term given the language of the people for those who were trusting in the Man they called ?Messiah.?
Also read the note on this verse in the AENT, for further edification.
Blessings,
Chuck
.