@Clear I'm sorry that this
nPeace, along with @Hockeycowboy, and over 8,500,000 individuals, are privileged to be well informed by the the most studious of Bible scholars, in the world.
got you all steamed, so that your emotions kicked in, causing to to become personal
claiming that it is the closest we can get to the copies seems improper, even somewhat hypocritical to me.
and now the only thing you can see is
"brag".
The Pharisees were steamed at Jesus for what he said, so I totally understand.
So while you did say "
and I don’t mean to offend you.", maybe you didn't mean to, but your words come across as though you did mean to offend, but what you might not have realized, is the high possibility of being manipulated, or used to say these things.
The same happened to Peter, so it's understandable. (Matthew 16:22, 23)
So that the claim "I don’t mean to offend you.", is contradicted by your
tone,
your focus on the word "brag", although I did not say I was bragging, but rather
in case it sounds that way, and
your intent on lowering the Jehovah's Witnesses, to elevate your scholarly credentials.
I don't mean to offend you, but felt you needed to understand this.
Not dwelling on that though... Although it would be nice if you could get that word "brag" out of your head, since the conversation would be less emotional, and less focused on trying to elevate oneself, in my opinion.
Let me first of all, repeat what I said, so as to make it clear.
The wise and intellectual - that includes Biblical Scholars who think they are so "incredibly gifted", are in God's eyes, not wise at all
Their so-called superior understanding of God's word, is foolishness.
That's God's view, Clear. I didn't make it up. So don't get angry at me and Jehovah's Witnesses. If anything, take it up with God.
I hold God's view, however.
(Matthew 11:25, 26)
25 At that time Jesus said in response: “I publicly praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because
you have hidden these things from the wise and intellectual ones and have revealed them to young children.
26 Yes, O Father, because this is the way you approved.
(1 Corinthians 3:19, 20)
19 For
the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written: “
He catches the wise in their own cunning.”
20 And again: “Jehovah knows that
the reasonings of the wise men are futile.. . .
So,
there is no way that the "Catholic, Protestant and Jewish Scholars that are incredibly gifted" could "have contributed much, much, MUCH, more to biblical knowledge than" those little children Jehovah has revealed his wisdom and understanding.
If you think these "incredibly gifted" "Catholic, Protestant and Jewish Scholars", are the children God reveals true wisdom to, then you would have to agree that they do not think they are wise in this system of things, but rather fools - uneducated fools - the things looked down upon. 1 Corinthians 3:18; Acts 4:13; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
That's how Jehovah's Witnesses are viewed.
To be truly wiser than, all the wise, in this system of things, one needs to love God's word, and recognize it as such. Only then does Jehovah grant wisdom and understanding.
(Psalm 119:97-99)
97 How I do love your law! I ponder over it all day long.
98 Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, Because it is with me forever.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
Because I ponder over your reminders.
Otherwise, it hidden.
That being said, I have already addressed the fact
the use of the Divine Name - Jehovah, in the Greek text, is not an addition, but a correcting of obvious changes from the original.
It is obvious that a direct quoting from the Hebrew texts, where the Divine Name is found, would contain the Divine name, instead of the inserted title "Lord", or "Lord God".
For example
When Jesus quoted the Old Testament or read from it, he used the divine name. (
Deuteronomy 6:13, 16; 8:3; Psalm 110:1; Isaiah 61:1, 2; Matthew 4:4, 7, 10; 22:44; Luke 4:16-21) In the days of Jesus and his disciples, the Tetragrammaton appeared in copies of the Hebrew text of what is often called the Old Testament, as it still does today.
Where a message is given by a messenger - an angel of God, the one represented is often mentioned by name as in
Jehovah's angel. Never, an angel of the Lord.
nwtsty C3 Verses Where the Divine Name Does Not Appear as Part of Direct or Indirect Quotations in the Book of Matthew
MATTHEW 1:20 “Jehovah’s angel”
REASON(S): Available Greek manuscripts use the term Kyʹri·os (Lord) here, but there are good reasons for using the divine name in the main text. In the Christian Greek Scriptures, Kyʹri·os can refer to Jehovah God or to Jesus Christ, depending on the context. Here the context indicates that the one referred to is God. The expression “Jehovah’s angel” occurs many times in Hebrew in the “Old Testament,” starting at Genesis 16:7. When “Jehovah’s angel” occurs in early copies of the Greek Septuagint, a translation of the “Old Testament,” the Greek word agʹge·los (angel; messenger) is followed by the divine name written with Hebrew characters. That is how this expression is handled at Zechariah 3:5, 6 in a copy of the Greek Septuagint found in Nahal Hever, Israel, which some scholars have dated between 50 B.C.E. and 50 C.E. It is noteworthy that when later copies of the Greek Septuagint replaced the divine name with Kyʹri·os in this and many other verses, the definite article was not included before Kyʹri·os, where it would be expected according to standard grammatical usage, making Kyʹri·os tantamount to a proper name. So the Hebrew Scripture background and the unexpected absence of the definite article indicate that Kyʹri·os is here used as a substitute for the divine name, and therefore, the name Jehovah is used in the main text.
SUPPORT:
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• The Restored New Testament, by Willis Barnstone, 2009, states in a footnote on the expression “an angel of the Lord”: “From the Greek . . . (angelos kyriou), from the Hebrew . . . (malakh yahweh), . . . A literal rendering would be Yahweh’s malakh or ‘messenger.’” In the main text of Matthew 28:2, this translation reads: “An angel of Yahweh.”
Also, see
Listing of Bible translations and reference works that have used some form of the divine name (or some other way of indicating that the divine name is referred to) in what is commonly called the New Testament
Regarding "the problem" with Genesis 1:1, the problem does not exist, except in the minds of Biblical scholars who have somehow managed to convince themselves - or were convinced by someone elses (2 Corinthians 4:4), that their interpretations, and translations, are scripture.
That's sad, but does highlight the fact that these ones will never gain any scriptural wisdom, but their reasoning's will always remain futile.
(Job 5:13) He catches the wise in their own cunning, So that the plans of the shrewd are thwarted.
(1 Corinthians 3:19) For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written: “He catches the wise in their own cunning.”
(1 Corinthians 3:20) . . .And again: “Jehovah knows that the reasonings of the wise men are futile.”
I think I covered everything.
P.S.
Actually, there is one thing I should mention
@Clear.
Anything the faithful slave does not address, is something not worth giving any attention to. Like
a useless argument.
(2 Timothy 2:23-26)
23 Further,
reject foolish and ignorant debates, knowing that they produce fights.
24 For a slave of the Lord does not need to fight, but needs to be gentle toward all, qualified to teach, showing restraint when wronged,
25 instructing with mildness those not favorably disposed. Perhaps God may give them repentance leading to an accurate knowledge of truth,
26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the Devil, seeing that they have been caught alive by him to do his will.
