Bible Discussion Thread

To Cathy: Holy Ghost is another way of saying holy spirit, since a ghost is a spirit. It's like saying Dad and Father. The scripture is not wrong, it's that sometimes we modern readers need to understand more about how the English language was spoken and written in 1611. You can tell in reading this portion of scripture that English has changed somewhat over the last 400 years! However, to the people of 1611, "Holy Ghost" meant what we mean today when we say "Holy Spirit".

And to Mark:
Jesus was said to be the Son of David because he was of the lineage of David, in other words in David's family. Sort of like Scottish people who trace their family lines through names of the various clans, like Stewart, Shaw, Douglas, etc. Today we use last names to give indication of one's family tree. He was also a son of Abraham, meaning of the lineage of Abraham as well. The ancient Hebrew people traced their families by who their forbears were, by giving the name of a patriarch to whose branch of family they belonged. When reading Matthew's account of the lineage of Jesus, you see both Abraham and King David are prominently mentioned. By the way, "begat" means essentially, "had a child named".
I hope this clears it up a bit, and I hope you enjoy further reading the Bible, and that you gain even greater understanding of the times of Jesus and the history of the Jewish people.