Lesson 65 Amplified – DIAKONOS

DIAKONOS -- DIAKONOI

American: singular: waiter, attendant, servant, deacon

plural: waiters, attendants, servants, deacons 

Some denominations appoint members as “deacons”. They are usually regarded as servants of the congregation. We will now access the initial usage of this Koine Greek word. 

Almost Greek [Words in italics are translator’s additions.] 

Acts 6: [This is the description of the inception of appointing diakonoi.]                               Now, matheton [learners, pupils, disciples] multiplying in these days, there was grumbling of the Hellenists [Greek-speaking Jews] toward the Hebrews because their widows were being overlooked [disregarded] in the daily servingof meals. Now, the twelve disciples having called (to themselves) the throng of the matheton, they said, “It isn’t agreeable [fit] for us to leave down [abandon] the teaching of the Logon [Word] to serve [wait] tables. Accordingly, brothers, inspect [select] seven men (emergent from yourselves) of testimony [witness] full of the Hagios Pneuma and of wisdom, whom we will establish upon this employment, but we will be earnest [adhere to] proseuche [humbly begging God, praying] and the serving of the Logou.” 

1^st Thessalonians 3: So no longer able to endure, I agreed to be left alone in Athens, Achaia. I sent our brother and diakonos of Theos and my fellow worker in the euaggelion [good news, gospel, evangel] of the Christos [Anointed One, Messiah, Christ], Timothy, sterixai [to securely set, to make steadfast] and parakalesai [call near, invite, urge, exhort, encourage] you concerning your pistis [reliance, faith]. 

1^st Corinthians 3.3: For from where in you is zelos [heat: zeal, ardor; jealousy, envy, malice], quarrelling and disunion? You aren’t fleshy and not walk down to man, do you? For when one may say, “I (in fact) am of Paul,” and another “I am of Apollos,” aren’t you being fleshy? What then is Paul and what is Apollos? Conversely, we are diakonoi via whom you episteusate [had faith]; to each as the Kurios gave to him. I planted, Apollos watered, conversely, Theos caused to grow. So as neither he planting nor he watering matters, conversely, He making grow -- Theos! 

1^st Corinthians 16.15: Brothers! you know that the house [family] of Stephanas [“Crown”] is first fruit of Achaia and that they assigned themselves to diakonian [serving] the hagiois [holy ones, sacred ones, consecrated ones, saints] and I exhort you to be subordinate to such and to all my toiling fellow workers. 

Philippians 1: Paul and Timothy, slaves of Jesus, the Christou, to all the hagios in Jesus, the Christou, being in Philippi; with superintendents [overseers] and diakonois: 

1^st Timothy 3.8: Likewise, diakonous must be venerable, not dilogos [double-tongued], not given to much wine, not sordid [greedy], holding the musterion [secrets, mysteries] of the pisteos [faith] in a clean conscience. Also let these first be tested, then let them serve; being unaccused. Likewise, their gunaikas [women, wives] must be venerable not diabolous [leaders to shame, devils, satyrs], sober; pistas [trustworthy, faithful] in all. Let diakonoi be men of one gunaikos, well-presiding over their children and their own houses for those having served well acquire a kalon [beautiful, virtuous] standing for themselves and much outspoken [confidence] in the pistei [faith] in Jesus, the Christo. 

1^st Peter 4.7: The telos [the point aimed at, the end of this age] has drawn near. Accordingly, be of sound mind. Also, be sober into proseuchas [humbly begging God; praying]. Above all, be having intense agapen [unconditional love] for each other because agape will cover up scads of hamartion [misses of the mark or goal; errors, offenses, sins]. Be hospitable (one to another) without grumbling. Just as each has received a charisma [gift, endowment, faculty, deliverance], serve yourselves [each other] to [with] it as good diakonoi of the variegated charitos of Theos. 

End of Sixty-fifth Lesson

Lesson 64 Amplified – GRAPHE

 GRAPHE -- GRAPHAI

American lower case: singular, a document -- plural: documents

American UPPER CASE, singular: Scripture, part of Old Testament

American UPPER CASE, plural:The Scriptures (Old Testament) 

You may wish to reread Lesson 52 Amplified - Biblion or Bible at this time. Graphe refers the words written in the Biblion. We will not consider the lower case graphe here. 

Almost Greek [Words in italics are translator’s additions.] 

Galatians 3.6: Just as Abraham had pistis [reliance, faith] in Theos and it was credited to him so much as dikaiosunen [equity, justification, rightness]:

 

GENESIS 15.6: …and he, Abraham, trusted in YHWH and He credited it to him for tasadaqua [dikaiosune].

 

Galatians continues: Know then that those emergent from pistis, these are the sons of Abraham. Now, foreseeing the Graphe that Theos dikaioi [would render just] the ethne [nations, races, non-Jews, gentiles] emergent from pistis, He announced the euaggelion [good news, gospel, evangel] in advance, to Abraham, “...that all ethne will be blest in you.”

 

GENESIS 12.3: [Adonay {Kurios} speaking],

“... and in you shall all the families [tribes] of the earth be blest.” 

Galatians 3.22: Conversely, now the Graphe has subjected everyone under hamartian [missing the mark or goal, erring, offending, sinning] in order that the epagglia [announcement, proclamation, promise] emergent from pistis might be given to those having pistis in Jesus, the Christou [Anointed One, Messiah, Christ]. 

1^st Corinthians 15.3: For I transmitted to you (in the first place) what I also received: that the Christos died over our hamartion down to the Graphas:

 

ISAIAH 53.5: But He [Jesus] was pierced for our pesha [rebellion], crumbled [crushed] for our avown [perversity]. The muwcar [chastisement] of our shalom [safety, peace, health, happiness, prosperity, friendship] was upon Him and with His chaburah [weals, welts, as from whiplash], we are raphah [mended, cured, healed]. We all ourselves, like migratory herds taah [have vacillated, reeled, gone astray]. Each man has turned to his derek [way, road trodden] and YHWH has made paga [to impinge] upon Him [Jesus] the pesha of us all. He was nagas [driven as an animal, harassed] and He was browbeaten but He not opened His mouth. As a rachel [ewe] to slaughter, He yabal [was flowed, carried, brought, led forth] and as a rachel face-to-face with her shearers is alam [tongue-tied, dumb, silenced], He not opened His mouth. From otser [constraint, confinement] and from mishpat [the verdict, sentence] He was taken and who shall siyach [ponder, consider] His dor [era, generation]? For He was cut off from the land of the alive [living] from [because of] the pesha of my [Isaiah’s] people; the blow struck Him. And He was given [put] with the morally wrong and His sepulcher with a rich man in His death, although He hadn’t done violence nor was deceit found in His mouth. But YHWH was pleased to crumble [crush] Him; to rub [wear out, sicken] Him. When You [YHWH] and He [Jesus] shall put [make] a guilt offering of His nephesh [psuche: soul, life, psyche, ego], He shall see His spiritual zera [sperma: descendants]. He shall prolong His days and the pleasure of YHWH in His hand [power, means] shall push forth [prosper]. He shall see the fruit of the amal [wearing effort, stress] of His nephesh and be satisfied. Through knowledge of Himself, My [YHWH’s] tsaddiyq [just, righteous] Servant shall make tsadaq [to be just, to be righteous] abundant [very, very many] and their avown He shall cabal [carry, bear]. Therefore, I [YHWH] will apportion to Him [Jesus] with the abundantly wealthy and with the powerful. He shall apportion the spoils [booty] because He emptied out His nephesh into death and was numbered with the pasha [those who break away, rebels] and He bore the chet [penalty] of abundant [very, very many] and for the pasha [rebellion], paga [was impinged upon]. 

End of Sixty-fourth Lesson

Lesson 63 Amplified – SCHISMA

 SCHISMA ---- SCHISMAI

American singular: split, division, schism -- plural: splits, divisions, schisms 

In the New Blood Covenant, Christians were constantly warned to be of one mind regarding the Kingdom of Theos; schisms were to be fearfully avoided. 

Almost Greek [Words in italics are translator’s additions.] 

1st Corinthians 1.10: Brothers! I now parakalo [call near, invite, urge, exhort, encourage, solace] you (via the name of our Kuriou [Lord, Master] Jesus, the Christou [Anointed One, Messiah, Christ]) that you all say the same logos [word] and there not be in [among] you, schismai but that you be united in the same nous [intellect, mind, understanding] and opinion. For it was shown to me (concerning you), my brothers (by those of Chloe [“Green”]), that in you there is quarrelling. This they say that each of you says differently: “I indeed am of Paul” and “I am of Apollos” and “I am of Rock” and “I am of the Christou.” Has the Christos been divided? Was Paul crucified for you or were you ebaptisthete [immersed, submerged, baptized] in the name of Paul? 

1st Corinthians 11.17 But transmitting this, I not praise you for you not assemble for the better; conversely, for the worse. For (in fact) firstly I hear that there are schismata in you assembling in the ekklesia [assembly, church] and in part, I believe some of it. For there are [must be] haireseis [factionalism, dissenting belief] also in you in order that the acceptable [approved] ones in you may be caused to be shining [stand out]. 

John 7.37: The final day, the megale [big, large, huge, great] day of the feast, Jesus stood and shouted out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink! He pisteuon [putting his faith] into Me, as the Graphe [Scripture, part of Old Testament] said, ‘Emergent from His koilias [the hollow core of the body; the location of the pneuma] will flow living water.’”

 

ISAIAH 58.11 YHWH always shall guide you and satisfy your nephesh [psuche] in the dry places and brace up your bones and you shall be like a watered garden and a spring of water, whose waters don't prove false …

 

John continued: But He said this of the Hagios Pneuma, Whom those pisteuontes into Him were about to receive for the Hagios Pneuma wasn't yet given because Jesus not yet was glorified. Hearing the logon, many emergent from the crowd said, “This truly is the Prophetes [before teller, one speaking under inspiration, prophet]!” Others said, “This is the Christos [Anointed One, Mashiyach]!” But others said,” “No! the Christos not comes from Galilee, does He? Hasn't the Graphe said that the Christos comes emergent from the spermatos [descent] of David and out from Bethlehem, Judah the village where David was?”

 

MICAH 5.2 [YHWH speaking] “And you, Bethlehem [“House of Bread”] Ephrata [“Fruitful” or “An Israeli Woman”], least among the thousands of Judah, out of you (to Me) He shall come forth to be caused to be One ruling in Israel.” 

John continued: Then a schisma occurred in the crowd because of Him. Some emergent from them ethelon [determined, chose, decided] to arrest Him but not even one man laid a hand upon Him. Meanwhile, the Sanhedrin police came back to the Pharisees and chief priests, who asked them, “Why didn't you bring Him?” The police replied, “Not even one man ever spoke as this Man speaks.” 

John 9.13: They led him toward the Pharisees, the one once blind. Now, it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. Accordingly, the Pharisees (also, again) asked him how he had received sight and he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed and now I see!” Accordingly, some emergent from the Pharisees said, “This Man isn’t from beside Theos because He not keeps the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man, who is an hamartolos [misser of the mark or goal, one in error, offender, sinner], do such semeia [signs, indications]?” So, there was a schisma in them. Again, they say to the formerly blind one, “What say you concerning Him, since He opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophetes!” The Judaeans not episteusan [having put their faith in] that he ever really was blind and that he had received his sight, until they summoned his parents, and they asked them, “Is this your son who (you say) was born blind? Accordingly, how does he now see?” His parents answered them, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind but as to how he now sees, we don't know nor Who has opened his eyes. He is of age, ask him. He will speak concerning [for] himself.” His parents spoke these words because they feared the Judaeans for even now, the Judaeans had agreed that if anyone should acknowledge Him as Christon, he would be caused to be excommunicated. Via this, his parents said, “He has majority, ask him.” 

John 10:17 [Jesus speaking]: “For the Father agapa [unconditionally loves] Me because I lay down My psuchen [soul, life, psyche, ego] in order that I may take it back again. Not even one man takes it from Me; conversely, I (Myself) lay it down. I have authority to lay it down and have authority to take it back again. I received this command from My Father.” Then is when a fresh schisma was caused to be in the Judeans because of these logous. Many of them said, “He is a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?” Others said, “These rhemata [utterances] aren't of one daimonizouenou [demon-possessed]. Can a demon open blind eyes?” 

End of Sixty-third Lesson

Lesson 62 Amplified – GRAMMATEUS

 GRAMMATEUS

American singular: writer, recorder, scribe, secretary

GRAMMATEIS

American plural: writers, recorders, scribes, secretaries 

Most published Bibles use the words “scribe” and “scribes”. These Koine Greek words actually include all those writing or copying Scripture or religious texts. 

Almost Greek [Words in italics are translator’s additions.] 

1^st Corinthians 1.19: For it has been written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and I will set aside the understanding of the analysts.”

 

ISAIAH 29.14: [Adonay speaking] “LO! I AM adding a wonder: to do distinguishingly with this people; even a wonder. For the wisdom of their wise ones shall perish and the understanding of their analysts shall be corked up.” 

1^st Corinthians continued: Where is the wise? Where is the grammateus? Where is the sophos [disputer, sophist] of this age? Didn't Theos make the wisdom of this kosmou [universe, world, cosmos] foolish? 

Luke 5.17: And it was caused to be (in one of those days) He was also teaching. And there were sitting down Pharisees and nomodidskaloi [expounders of Jewish Law – Rabbis] who were coming emergent from every hamlet of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the dunamis [force. power] of the Kuriou was into the curing of them. And LO! men bearing upon a couch a man who was enfeebled [paralyzed]. And they sought to bring him in and put him before His face. And not finding any way to bring him in via [through] the throng, going up upon the roof, they lowered him with the couch (via removing the roofing tiles) into the midst in front of Jesus. And seeing their pistin [faith], He said to him, “Man! your hamartiai [misses of the mark or goal; errors, offenses sins] apheontai [have been sent forth, have been forsaken, have been forgiven] you.” And the grammateis and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this One Who speaks blasphemies [defamation, slander, vilification, blasphemy]? Who has the dunatai to send forth hamartias if not [except] Theos alone?” 

Luke 9.20: Now, He said to them, “Now, Whom do you say Me to be?” Now, answering, Rock said, “The Christon [Anointed One, Mashyach, Christ] of Theos.” But forbidding [enjoining] them, He ordered that not even one of them was to tell this, saying, “It is necessary that [for] the Son of Man to suffer much and to be disapproved from the elders and the chief priests and the grammateon and to be killed and to be awakened on the third day.”

Luke 11.43: Woe to you Pharisees because you agapate [unconditionally love] the chief seat in the synagogue and the greetings in the marketplace! Woe to you Pharisee grammateis, hupokritai [deceivers, hypocrites]! because you are as the hidden tombs and the men are walking all around over them, not knowing they are there.”

Luke 11.53: Now, as He was saying these words to them, the Pharisee grammateis began to feel hatred and apostomatzein [enviously catechized] Him concerning more, lurking [lying in wait] for Him and seeking to catch something emergent from His mouth in order that they might indict Him.

 

Luke 20.37: Now, that the dead are called in [raised], even Moses recalled at the bush, in that he relates the name of the Kurion, “The Theos of Abraham and the Theos of Isaac and the Theos of Jacob.”

 

EXODUS 3.6: [YHWH speaking] He said, “I AM Elohiym of your forefathers! Elohiym of Abraham! Elohiym of Isaac! Elohiym of Jacob!’”

 

Luke continued: “But He is not the Theos of the dead; conversely, of the living for all live to Him.” Now, answering, one of the grammateis said, “Teacher! You speak well!”

Now, they no longer dared question Him further.

 

Luke 20.45: Now, with all the people hearing Him, He said to His mathetais, “Be wary of the grammateis (those wanting to walk all around in robes and philounton [loving] greetings in the marketplace and front-row seats in the synagogues and head couches in dinners), those devouring widows’ houses, and showing outward [off], proseuchontai [praying] long. These will receive a more superabundant krima [decision, judgment rendered, verdict].” 

Luke 22: Now, the Feast of the Unleavened Bread (described as “The Passover”) was approaching and the chief priests and the grammateis sought how to do away with Him (covertly, since they feared the people).

 

Mark 12.28: And one grammateon approaching (hearing them debating and knowing that He had answered them well), asked Him, “What is the foremost of all commands?” Now, Jesus answered him, “The foremost of all the commands: ‘Hear O Israel! The Kurios, our Theos, is One and you shall agapeseis the Kurion, your Theos, emergent from your whole heart and emergent from your whole psuches [soul, life, psyche, ego] and emergent from your whole dianoias [deep thought, mind] and emergent from your whole ischuos [forcefulness, strength]!’” 

DEUTERONOMY 6.4: Intelligently hear, O Israel! YHWH is our Elohiym! YHWH is One! You shall awhab [phile, love] YHWH your Elohiym with the whole of your heart and the whole of your nephesh [psuche] and the whole of your might! 

Mark continued: “This is the foremost command and the second is similar: ‘You shall agapeseis your neighbor in the same way that you love yourself.’ Another command isn’t meizon [greater] than these.” 

LEVITICUS 19.18: “… and you shall ahhab an associate as yourself. I AM YHWH!” 

Mark continued: And the grammateus said to Him, “Well said, Teacher! Upon truth You say that Theos is One and there isn’t another besides Him and to agapan Him emergent from the whole heart and the whole dianoias and emergent from the whole psuches and emergent from the whole ischuos, and to agapan the [one’s] neighbor in the same way that one loves oneself, is more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.” And Jesus seeing him, that he intelligently answered, said to him, “You aren’t far from the Kingdom of Theos.” 

End of Sixty-second Lesson