On this page
- Departments (1)
-
Text (4)
-
:; m&x&cAL criticism; 1 - * * •
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
be either ihicldle or passive : if middle , it requires the 1 st . or £ d . or 4 th , rendering ; if passive , it requires the 3 d . rendering . In favour of the Jir&t , _ it is to be observed , that the verb in- this doubtful form is gener&Hy used in the Greek translation of the O . T .
in this sense ; and perhaps always so irf this connexion , ( with ' the name of the Lord' after it : ) ancl that in the N . T- it is several times used in this sense , viz . Acts vii . 5 Qm Rom . x . 12 . 2 Cor . i . 23 . 2 Tim . ii . % 2 , 1 Pet . i . 17 .
The second is ah unusual ren , dering ; but it is somewhat an ? tboriged-by Acts xxv . II . whert Luke records the word ? of PauJ ^ C appeal to Ctf * esaf : ami it should be observed that Luke and Paul only use the phrase in ' cfu&i tion .
In favour of the tMfd Ireftclering it may fate tirgeel , th ^ t the verb in thiS'dmibtfu | forrn its ti $ ed seveft times m the writing ^ of Lti ^ e With the passive force , ( viz . Luke xtfii .
3 . Acts x . 3 , 3 8 , 32 .. ' xi . 13 . xll . 12 . v * v . 22 ;) and oneie i p t h ^ Epistle to the Hebrewg , xi ; 16 : and * that with i \ it exciepttbn oi Attsii . 21 . ^ ii . 59 . ( and probably ) xxii . 1 « . Luke always itees the verb in this sense , or in the
second . In favour of the fourth it may be said , that the language admits of it ; but we are not aware that there is any scriptural evidence
:; M&X&Cal Criticism; 1 - * * •
: ; m&x&cAL criticism ; 1 - * *
Untitled Article
.. •?*• • • * The following remarks are principally designed as supplemental to the statements in the Keview of the I . V . ( p . 220 . Cpl . % ~) and are referred to in the continuation oi that article in the presi nt number . The expression translated in the Common Version , 4 who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ , ' is by many considered as a direct proof , that the first Christians prayed to him ; and if
this were the fact , it may be thought ^ o justify prayer to Christ in these days . Neither the comJ xnoo rendering , nor the inference from it , is called for by the apostle ' s , words . In endeavouring to prove this , -aswe have chiefly in view the difficulties of thoser who
t ^ innot exainme the originetl for themselive % we ^ faiali state the case with as much plainness as we can . The- original wards tak ? &'unconnected lyv adniit of four renderings ;~—1 , Actively , 4 lo all who call upon > the -naaae-of mir Lord Jt'sus Christ : * -+ ~ 2 . Also ^ cU ^ ii y ^ ' tp all who appeal to the , name of our Lord Jesus Chribi : ' - —3 .--iPu& $ ivefy \ < to n \\ who- ^ re called by [ or according tpj the -name vf our Lord Jesus Christ : '—4- With the middle force , c to all who call upon themselves , [ or take upon thenbselves , ] the name of ihe Lord Jesus Christ . The cause of the ambiguuy is , that the present tense of the verb in question , may
Untitled Article
( 26 a )
Untitled Article
Remarks respectin g the rendering of I cor . 1 . % ^ X ^ TJM E I 3 V 45 ROVED VERSION , VIZ . * WHO ARE CALLED 'BY THJi ^ AME OF O jLJ R LORD JESUS CHRXST .
-
-
Citation
-
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1809, page 266, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1736/page/20/
-