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Twist family Bible study: the Gospel of Mark
Wayne:
The use of the mustard plant though seems strange. I mean, it really doesn't get that big... ???
I'm probably being too literal with this one! :laugh:
An opposing perspective can be found at "Guru Jesus My Foot"
http://oaks.nvg.org/mustard-and-jesus.html
injest:
maybe it was a mistranslation?
Wayne:
Now about "faith" ... One definition of faith is "belief in the supernatural" :P http://dict.die.net/faith/
So faith can refer to belief, but there's also
"Consistent with truth or actuality: a faithful reproduction of the portrait."
http://www.answers.com/topic/faithful?cat=technology
There is a long-standing debate over faith versus works, but this kind of faith means works.
A mustard seed accomplishes what it does because it has the instructions. It knows what it is supposed to do because of its DNA.
Wayne:
--- Quote from: injest on December 05, 2007, 11:39:58 pm ---maybe it was a mistranslation?
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Yeah, wouldn't be surprising at all, considering that whatever Jesus said he said in Aramaic, and the story was handed down orally for a good while before it was written in Greek. ???
injest:
--- Quote from: wdj on December 05, 2007, 11:57:19 pm ---Yeah, wouldn't be surprising at all, considering that whatever Jesus said he said in Aramaic, and the story was handed down orally for a good while before it was written in Greek. ???
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that is why I don't really get too worried about individual words...I do know that there are some things that are mentioned in the Bible that didn't grow in the Middle East and when they translated it into English they used plants they knew from where they lived in Europe. I think it is the message that is more important. What is the meaning behind the parable.
there is something about what you said about the DNA of the mustard seed that I am thinking but I can't figure out how to say it....let me think... :P and maybe I can figure it out before tonight! LOL!!
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