04-05-2004, 06:45 PM
Shlama Akhi Paul,
Who cares what a Semite would or would not believe ? Our faith is to come from God's word.
If God is said in scripture to have eyes, hands, feet,arms,face,back- all of which are figures of speech, why should he not also have blood- a word which conveys his life essence ?
Why does no Greek ms. have "blood of Christ" in Acts 20:28 ? All of them have either "Blood of the Lord" or "blood of God" . The latter is the majority reading.
It would appear reasonable that the original reading would be attested by most of the Greek mss. I believe this is the case here.
Shlama ,
Dave B
Who cares what a Semite would or would not believe ? Our faith is to come from God's word.
If God is said in scripture to have eyes, hands, feet,arms,face,back- all of which are figures of speech, why should he not also have blood- a word which conveys his life essence ?
Why does no Greek ms. have "blood of Christ" in Acts 20:28 ? All of them have either "Blood of the Lord" or "blood of God" . The latter is the majority reading.
It would appear reasonable that the original reading would be attested by most of the Greek mss. I believe this is the case here.
Shlama ,
Dave B