Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
1st Thes. 1:3,5
#1
Andrew Gabriel Roth "Implied triple wordplay in 1 Thess!"
Apr-21-2003 at 03:18 AM (GMT3)
?? Last edited by Andrew Gabriel Roth on Apr-21-2003 at 03:19 AM (GMT3)

The beauty of "w'Mesaybranotha d'Sbr'khon"-- "patience / endurance of your hope" (among others <!-- sSmile --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><!-- sSmile -->) is brought to our attention by akhan Andrew.

Quote:Shlama Akhay, and thank you Akhi Paul for your timely assistance!

Here's a real beaut I found in the opening of 1 Thess:

Mentioning before God the Father the works of your faith and the labor of your love and the patience of your hope in our Lord Y'shua the Messiah…For our preaching to you was not in words only, but also in power and with the Holy Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 1:3,5

The word for "works" is AIBADA, and this of course can also be "labors" even though that word has a synonym in place.

But the real killer aspect is the triple usage of the root sebar (patience of your hope), and this of course is also the "good news" (Gospel--sebarta) that Paul is preaching (mesebar).

Just a Greek letter going to a Greek speaking audience? I don't THINK (another variant of SEBAR)so!

What thinkest thou (all)?

Shlama w'burkate
Andrew Gabriel Roth
Reply


Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)