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BIBLE DISCUSSION THREAD 218157

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  • Jesse - 1 year ago
    INTRODUCTION TO MARK (Part 7):

    He is going to set His kingdom up on earth just like Isaiah said. "Oh, this is a great day!" Except once they got into town, they listened to His teachings, but by the end of the week He was nailed to a cross. They were devastated. Their hopes were gone, dashed!

    And one of the reasons that Paul was so angry against the Christians was because the Christians were presenting this man who died on the cross as a criminal, as being the Messiah. That is blasphemy. Paul's thinking was that He died between two thieves because He Himself was a criminal, and only criminals get crucified. That is what made him angry, that people would make the Messiah out to be this type of a person.

    Some Jewish scholars actually believed that there would be two messiahs. Some Jewish scholars say, well, we read certain portions of the Old Testament, and it looks like the Messiah is going to come and suffer. But the majority said no, the Messiah is going to come, and He's going to ride in on a white horse and He is going to become victorious.

    You see, you had two groups of scholars that were saying how can He be both? What is He going to do? Is He going to ride in, suffer, and then jump on the white horse? I mean, how is this whole thing going to work? One guy suffers the whole time, the other guy conquers, which is why when John the Baptist was put in prison, he sent his disciples to Jesus and says are you the coming one, or do we look for another?

    The word "another" in Greek means another of the same kind. So, he figures this must be the suffering Messiah. Are we expecting the next one to come too? They were not too far off! But you can imagine the confusion and all that they were going through. Little did they know that Messiah would come as the Suffering Servant, He would come not to rule and to reign, but to serve.
  • S Spencer - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Thanks Brother Jesse.

    That explains something that puzzled me for years.

    John the Baptist was put in prison, he sent his disciples to Jesus and says are you the coming one, or do we look for another?

    THE WORD "ANOTHER" IN GREEK MEANS ANOTHER OF THE SAME KIND. So, he figures this must be the suffering Messiah. Are we expecting the next one to come too?

    I believe there are 2 words in the Greek for another.

    One is another of the same kind,

    allos

    The other is another of a different kind. heteros

    I believe that word is used in Acts 7:18. "suggesting this Pharoah may have not been Egyptian".

    I never applied this to John's questioning.

    I just to the popular view, that he was beginning to have doubts.

    I never fully believed or understood that being the case.

    God bless
  • Jesse - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Brother Spencer,

    Yes, you are absolutely correct. Those are two different Greek words for our English word another. We don't catch that in our English bibles. That's why I love studying the Greek text so much. I'm glad I could help!

    Blessings to you also my brother!



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