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    YanekCastell reacted to TrueTomHarley in Imagine if John 1:1 was rendered correctly...   
    I think they’d call us liars for mistranslating, inserting a phrase that’s not there simply because we like it. 
    You can say ‘a god’ or an adjective like ‘divine’ by handling the indefinite article as we do. You can say ‘God’ by botching the significance of the indefinite article. But by no stretch of the imagination can you say ‘Son of God.’ It’s not there.
    You have to translate the Greek or Hebrew as accurately as you can, and then let that translation instruct you. You can’t do it the other way around—let your beliefs dictate your translating (as though you are instructing God). ‘Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament’ by Jason Beduhn, examines John 1:1 in several translations and concludes only the New World Translation gets it right, translating in accord with the actual Greek. It’s most of the other translations that read their beliefs into the translating and thereby mess it up, he says. We never want to be like that. It’s dishonest. It’s taking liberties with the Word of God.
    https://www.tomsheepandgoats.com/2009/06/scholars-bias-and-the-new-world-translation.html
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    YanekCastell got a reaction from Queen Esther in A Present From Jehovah   
    I really enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing.
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    YanekCastell reacted to BroRando in Will the real verse of (Matthew 28:19) ever be revealed?   
    Will the Real Verse of (Matthew 28:19) please stand up?
    "Go, therefore, and make disciples of people of all the nations in MY Name, ?teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you." (Matthew 28:19)
    Allow Scripture to interpret Scripture.  Luke 24:47 translations: Use any translation you like....  
    New International Version
    and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

    New Living Translation
    It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: 'There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.'

    English Standard Version
    and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

    Berean Study Bible
    and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

    Berean Literal Bible
    and repentance and forgiveness of sins to be proclaimed in His name to all nations, having begun from Jerusalem.

    New American Standard Bible 
    and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

    King James Bible
    And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

    Holman Christian Standard Bible
    and repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 

    International Standard Version
    and then repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 

    NET Bible
    and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

    New Heart English Bible
    and that repentance leading to forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

    Aramaic Bible in Plain English
    And that conversion to the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name in all the nations, and the beginning would be at Jerusalem.

    GOD'S WORD® Translation
    Scripture also says that by the authority of Jesus people would be told to turn to God and change the way they think and act so that their sins will be forgiven. This would be told to people from all nations, beginning in the city of Jerusalem.

    New American Standard 1977 
    and that repentance for forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

    Jubilee Bible 2000
    and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

    King James 2000 Bible
    And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

    American King James Version
    And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

    American Standard Version
    and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

    Douay-Rheims Bible
    And that penance and remission of sins should be preached in his name, unto all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 

    Darby Bible Translation
    and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations beginning at Jerusalem.

    English Revised Version
    and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

    Webster's Bible Translation
    And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

    Weymouth New Testament
    and that proclamation would be made, in His name, of repentance and forgiveness of sins to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

    World English Bible
    and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

    Young's Literal Translation
    and reformation and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem:
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    YanekCastell reacted to Otto in The Holy Spirit   
    COS.....
     
    Personification does not prove personality. It is true that Jesus spoke of the holy spirit as a “helper” and spoke of such helper as ‘teaching,’ ‘bearing witness,’ ‘giving evidence,’ ‘guiding,’ ‘speaking,’ ‘hearing,’ and ‘receiving.’ In so doing, the original Greek shows Jesus at times applying the masculine personal pronoun to that “helper” (paraclete). (Compare Joh 14:16, 17, 26; 15:26;16:7-15.) However, it is not unusual in the Scriptures for something that is not actually a person to be personalized or personified. Wisdom is personified in the book of Proverbs (1:20-33; 8:1-36); and feminine pronominal forms are used of it in the original Hebrew, as also in many English translations. (KJ, RS, JP, AT) Wisdom is also personified at Matthew 11:19 and Luke 7:35, where it is depicted as having both “works” and “children.” The apostle Paul personalized sin and death and also undeserved kindness as “kings.” (Ro 5:14, 17,21; 6:12) He speaks of sin as “receiving an inducement,” ‘working out covetousness,’ ‘seducing,’ and ‘killing.’ (Ro 7:8-11) Yet it is obvious that Paul did not mean that sin was actually a person.
    So, likewise with John’s account of Jesus’ words regarding the holy spirit, his remarks must be taken in context. Jesus personalized the holy spirit when speaking of that spirit as a “helper” (which in Greek is the masculine substantive pa·raʹkle·tos). Properly, therefore, John presents Jesus’ words as referring to that “helper” aspect of the spirit with masculine personal pronouns. On the other hand, in the same context, when the Greek pneuʹma is used, John employs a neuter pronoun to refer to the holy spirit, pneuʹma itself being neuter. Hence, we have in John’s use of the masculine personal pronoun in association with pa·raʹkle·tos an example of conformity to grammatical rules, not an expression of doctrine.—Joh 14:16, 17; 16:7, 8.
    Lacks personal identification. Since God himself is a Spirit and is holy and since all his faithful angelic sons are spirits and are holy, it is evident that if the “holy spirit” were a person, there should reasonably be given some means in the Scriptures to distinguish and identify such spirit person from all these other ‘holy spirits.’ It would be expected that, at the very least, the definite article would be used with it in all cases where it is not called “God’s holy spirit” or is not modified by some similar expression. This would at least distinguish it as THE Holy Spirit. But, on the contrary, in a large number of cases the expression “holy spirit” appears in the original Greek without the article, thus indicating its lack of personality.—CompareAc 6:3, 5; 7:55; 8:15, 17, 19; 9:17; 11:24; 13:9, 52;19:2; Ro 9:1; 14:17; 15:13, 16, 19; 1Co 12:3; Heb 2:4; 6:4; 2Pe 1:21; Jude 20, Int and other interlinear translations
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    YanekCastell reacted to James Thomas Rook Jr. in JWs Among the Least Educated in the US   
    I agree 100% ... I would rather live in this time than in any other time in the history of human experience.
    I have been at death's door with my hand on the knob more than several  dozen times ... yet, somehow .....  I still live.
    I thank Jehovah EVERY DAY for the circumstances of this time, and this place. 
     I am a HAPPY MAN since I stopped letting delusional pessimists, and people pushing their agendas tell me it's all going to hell in a hand basket.
    IT'S NOT!
    (Circumstances may vary ... do not try this at home.)
     
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