Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas
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Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas
NT Framework - Grammar matters
The reason God used Hebrew and Greek to record the events of the Bible is because they are so, very, absolutely precise.
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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner.
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and our series on the New Testament Framework. Today a smaller, bite-sized piece from the larger lesson. We hope you enjoy it.
Speaker 2:Let's look at a few Deity of Christ passages. Let's look at John 20, 28, because we're in John, so that's a quick one to look at. We'll go over to these. I won't take you through all of them, just a few. John 20, 28. This is maybe somewhat humorous a little bit.
Speaker 2:You remember that there are some appearances of Christ after his resurrection, you know, to various women and also to the 12,. But well, now it's cut down because Judas isn't there. But also, on one occasion Thomas wasn't there, remember. So he missed that appearance. But in this passage it was eight days later. And this is his appearance to Thomas, along with the others. And in verse 26, after eight days his disciples were again assigned, and Thomas with them. This time Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and he stood in their midst, what, what and said Peace be with you. Then he said to Thomas Reach here with your finger and see my hands. And reach here your hand and put it into my side and do not be unbelieving, but believing. And Thomas answered and said to him my Lord and my what? My God. And did Jesus say? Did Jesus rebuke him and say do not call me God? No, he doesn't. He doesn't say that at all. If he wasn't God, he should have said do not call me God, the Jehovah's Witnesses say. Well, he was just shocked and he said like someone would in the 21st century, oh my God.
Speaker 2:Next, next, titus, chapter 2, verse 13. Well, I always show this one, so let's do 2 Peter 1. 2 Peter 1, verse 1. And I'll talk a little bit about a rule. It's called Sharpe's Rule. It's named after a man named Granville Sharpe who discovered this rule in the late 1700s and, I think, published it around 1798. He was a Greek scholar and basically, you know, greek scholars are a little bit odd, but he found a construction in the Greek text that was consistent let's just say consistent throughout its about 200 uses in the New Testament. And nobody ever since he published this in 1798 has ever shown the rule to be broken anywhere in the New Testament. And it's used in two deity of Christ passages this one, 2 Peter 1.1, and also in Titus 2.13. What the rule states is this I know this is just a little bit advanced, but that's okay.
Speaker 2:If you have a definite article, a single definite article, why is this not writing? Okay, this is a definite article, right, the in our language. If you have this in the Greek language, a definite article followed by a noun, let's say noun one, and then the Greek word, and, which is chi, followed by another noun, noun two. And both these nouns are singular and they're personal, singular and personal. Two. And both these nouns are singular and they're personal, singular and personal. Then both nouns refer to the same object. It's not that complicated a single article referring to both of the nouns, with the word and in between. As long as these nouns are singular and personal, they both refer to the same object. So that construction is here in 2 Peter 1, verse 1.
Speaker 2:To those who've received a faith of the same kind as ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior, jesus Christ. Can you guess what the two nouns are? God is noun one. What's the second one, savior, in the Greek. They're both singular In the Greek, obviously they're both personal God personal, savior, personal. They are preceded by the definite article, the. Then they refer to the same object. And who's the object? Jesus Christ. So who is our great God and who is our great Savior, jesus Christ. It's not that complicated, right? This rule? Over 200 times in the New Testament, this rule is never broken.
Speaker 2:Two of the passages are Christological, others are not. Ephesians 1.3, our God and Father you know that's another usage, but it doesn't relate to Christological. Others are not. Ephesians 1.3, our God and Father that's another usage, but it doesn't relate to Christology. But it's all over the place. Titus 2.13. Titus 2.13. Waiting for the appearing of our great God and Savior, jesus Christ.
Speaker 2:Let's do the Hebrews 1.8, because I love this one, and then we'll stop with this. Hebrews 1.8. Actually, 7 and 8. And I kind of wish they had translated this differently, so maybe someone else can volunteer a translation that might be superior.
Speaker 2:In the Greek, another construction that you learn about is called men, de. Don't think men like people, it's just a word. And whenever you have this construction, men, separated by a lot of words, and then de, it means on the one hand or on one hand. Let's just put on one hand, on one hand, on the other hand, we talk like this, right, so the first men would be on one hand, but on the other hand. Well, that happens here in Hebrews 1, 7, and 8.
Speaker 2:In verse 7, there's a men and in verse 8, there's a day. So I really wish they'd translate verse 7 saying something like on the one hand of the angels, he says, and he quotes an Old Testament passage that says that his angels wins, he makes his angels wins and his ministers a flame of fire. So that's what angels are. They're ministers, they're a flame of fire. But verse 8 has a day and what it's saying is. But on the other hand, he says of the Son, your throne, o God, o God is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter of his kingdom. He's contrasting angels with the Son, because the Jews, who this letter is is written to, were exalting angels and the author is saying Jesus is way better.
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