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

Lesson 61 Amplified – DUNAMIS

 DUNAMIS -- DUNAMEIS

American singular: force, power -- plural: forces, powers, or works of power 

DUNATOS

American: forceful, powerful 

The literal translation of dunamis is force, but American usage would be power. 

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

1^st Thessalonians 1.5: … Our euaggelion [good news, gospel, evangel] came to you not only in logos [word] but also in dunamis and in the Hagios [Holy, Sacred, Consecrated] Pneuma [Wind, Breath, Spirit] and in much assurance. 

2^nd Thessalonians 1.5: A clear indication of the dikaios [equitable, just, right] kriseths [decision, judgment rendered, verdict] of Theos is for you to be deemed entirely deserving of the Kingdom of Theos (for which, indeed, you suffer); since it’s a dikaios act from beside Theos to requite to those squeezing you, stress, and to you (those being squeezed) rest, with us, at the revelation of our Kurios Jesus from ouranos [the sky, the heavens] with aggeloi [messengers, angels] of His dunamis in flaming fire, giving full ekdikesin [retribution] to those not knowing Theos and to those not heeding the euaggelion of our Kurios Jesus, the Christos [Anointed One, Messiah, Christ]. They will pay the penalty (eternal death away from the face of the Kurios and away from the glory of His might), when He comes to be glorified in His hagioi [holy ones, sacred ones, consecrated ones, saints] and to be admired in all those pisteuousin [putting their faith in] Jesus, in that Day. 

1^st Corinthians 1.18: For the logos of the cross is indeed foolishness to those perishing but to us sozomenois [being made safe, being saved], it is the dunamis of Theos. 

1^st Corinthians 1.22: Jews ask for a semeion [sign, indication] and Greeks seek wisdom but we kerussouen [herald, proclaim] the Christou having been crucified. To Judaeans He is a skandalon [stumbling block, snare, scandal] and to Greeks He is foolishness but to the invited ones (both to Jews and to Greeks [all non-Jews]) the Christon is the dunamin and the wisdom of Theos. For the stupid one of Theos is wiser than men and the weak one of Theos is stronger than men. 

1^st Corinthians 2.4: My logos and my kerugma were not in persuasive man wisdom logoi; conversely, in manifestation of the Hagios Pneuma and in dunameos in order that your pistis [reliance upon, faith] not be in the wisdom of men but in the dunamei of Theos. 

1^st Corinthians 4.18: While I wasn’t expected to be coming toward you now, some were puffed up. But shortly I will come to you (if the Kurios thelese [determines, chooses, decides, decrees]) and I won’t know the logos of those having been puffed up, conversely, the [their] dunamei. For the Kingdom of Theos not consists in logos; conversely, in dunamei. What do you want? that I come to you with a stick or in agape and a pneuma of gentleness? 

1^st Corinthians 15.20: But now, the Christos has been awakened from dead. He was caused to be a beginning of sacrifice [the “first fruits”] of those having been put to sleep for since death is via a man [Adam] and via a Man [Jesus] anastasis [a standing up again, resurrection] of the dead. For as in Adam the whole human race dies, so also, in the Christo all will be made alive but each in his own order [turn]. First the beginning of the sacrifice (the Christos), then comes the telos [the point aimed at, the end of this age], when He surrenders the kingdom to Theos (also the Father); when He [Jesus] katargese [renders entirely idle; renders useless] all commencement [rank], all privilege [authority] and all dunamin. It is right for Him to reign until He [Father] wishes to place all the hateful under His [Jesus’] feet. The last hateful one katargeitai [rendered entirely idle; rendered useless] is Death for He [Father] subordinated all under His [Jesus’] feet. 

End of Sixty-first Lesson

Lesson 59 Amplified – NOUS

 NOUS 

American: intellect, mind, understanding 

That our minds are actively working from our awakening to our falling asleep is clear. In fact, dreaming tells us that the mind is working even as we sleep. At times it seems that we open our minds to the input of the devil. Do our judgmental thoughts come from there? We should guard our minds from such. We should only entertain beautiful and constructive thoughts. At least we should try. 

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

2^nd Thessalonians 2: Brothers! we ask you over the coming of our Kurios Jesus, the Christos [Anointed One, Messiah, Christ], and our gathering together to Him, not to waver in the nous; not to be frightened neither via pneuma [wind, breath, spirit] nor via logos [word] nor via letter (as if from me) as if the Day of the Christos is come. Let not even one person deceive you not (in no way) because unless the apostasia [defection from the truth, apostasy] comes first and the man of hamartia [misses of the mark or goal, error, offense, sin] is revealed (the son of destruction, he who is opposite to Theos and is exalting himself over everything relating to Theos or object of worship), to sit down in the Temple of Theos, as if Theos (showing that he himself is a theos), the Day of the Christos hasn’t come.

 

1st Corinthians 1.10: Brothers! I now parakalo [call near, invite, urge, exhort, encourage] you (via the name of our Kuriou Jesus, the Christou) that you all say the same logos and there not be in you, schismai [splits, divisions, schisms] but that you be united in the same nous and opinion. 

1st Corinthians 4.6: Now, these words, brothers, I applied to myself and Apollos (via [for] you) in order that (in us) you may learn not to exercise the nous above what has been written in order that not one of you is puffed up over [above] the other one. For who thoroughly separates? What have you that you haven’t received? If you received, why boast as if not receiving? You are already crammed. You have already become rich. 

1st Corinthians 14.13: Therefore, let him, speaking in a glosse [tongue, language], proseuchestho [humbly beg God, pray] in order that he may be able to dierueneue [thoroughly explain, interpret]. For if I proseuchomai in a glosse, my pneumati proseuchomai but my nous is empty. Then, what is to be? I will proseuchomai with the [my] pneumati and I will also proseuchomai with the [my] nous. I sing with the [my] pneumati and I also sing with the [my] nous. If you eulogeses [speak well of, praise, bless] in the pneumati, how will the one occupying the position of the idiotes [know-nothing, ignoramus] say the “Amen” to your eucharistia [gratefully giving thanks], since he not knows what you say? Indeed, you echaristeis well but the other isn’t built up. I echaristo to my Theos for I speak in glossais more than all of you. Conversely, in an ekklesia, I determine rather to speak five logoi with my nous in order that I may also instruct others than murioi [10,000; innumerable, myriads] of logoi in glosse. Brothers! not be children in the nous but be like infants in kakia [worthlessness] and be complete [mature] in the nous. 

Romans 1.28: Just as they did not see fit to acknowledge Theos any longer, Theos surrendered them to their unapproved nous to do the improper, having been made full of the whole of injustice, porneia [whoring, incest, non-marital sexual intercourse], greed, kakia [worthlessness]; full of decay, killing, quarrels, deceit, kakoetheia [bad character], whispering slanderers, haters of Theos; insolent, arrogant, braggarts, inventors of kakion, defiant to parents, undiscerning, covenant breakers, astorge [without love for one’s family], truce breakers and merciless. 

Romans 12.3: For via the charitos [graciousness] given to me, I say to everyone, being in yourself, not to esteem yourself too much, exercising the nous [philosophizing] beyond what is necessary. Conversely, exercise the nous into being sound as Theos has apportioned to each a measure of pisteos. 

Titus 1.15: In fact, to the clean, all is clean but to those having been defiled and apeitheis [unpersuadable], not even one thing is clean but has been defiled by them, even their nous and their conscience. 

End of Fifty-ninth Lesson

Lesson 58 Amplified – KERUSSO

 KERUSSO

American: to herald, to proclaim 

KERUGMA

American: a proclamation 

These words appear frequently in the New Blood Covenant. A few years ago, a firm was launched under the name “Kerusso” that sells clothing emblazoned with Christian words and symbols. You may access their site at www.kerusso.com. 

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

1st Corinthians 1.20: Where is the wise? Where is the grammateus [writer, recorder, scribe, secretary]? Where is the sophos [disputer, sophist] of this age? Didn't Theos make the wisdom of this kosmou [universe, world, cosmos] foolish? For since (in the wisdom of Theos) the kosmos not knew Theos via wisdom, Theos was pleased (via the foolishness of kerugmatos [proclamation] sosai [to make safe, to save] those pisteuontas [having faith]. Jews ask for a semeion [sign, indication] and Greeks seek wisdom but we kerussouen the Christou [Anointed One, Messiah, Christ] having been crucified. To Judaeans He is skandalon [a stumbling block, a snare, a scandal] and to Greeks He is foolishness but to the invited ones (both to Jews and to Greeks [all non-Jews]) the Christon is the dunamin [force, power] and the wisdom of Theos. For the stupid one of Theos is wiser than men and the weak one of Theos is stronger than men. 

1^st Corinthians 15.9: For I am the least of the apostolon [delegates, ambassadors, apostles] (who am not fit to be called an apostolos) because I pursued [persecuted] the ekklesian [assembly, church] of Theos. But by the chariti [graciousness] of Theos, I am what I am and His charis to me wasn’t kene [empty] but I labored more superabundantly than all of them; yet not I, conversely, the charis of Theos in union with me (if indeed I) or also those apostoloi. So, we kerussomen [proclaimed, heralded] to you and so you pisteusate [had faith]. Now, if the Christos kerussetai [is proclaimed] that He was awakened emergent from dead, how can some say in you [Sadducees] that an anastasis [a standing up again, resurrection] of the dead isn’t [doesn't happen]?

 

Romans 10.14: Then, how shall they appeal toward One in Whom they not pisteusan [have had faith]? How they pisteusousin [shall have faith] in One of Whom they haven't heard? How shall they hear apart from kerussontos [proclamation]? How shall they keruxousin unless they are sent out? Just as it has been written, “How timely are the feet of those euaggelizouenon [announcing good news, evangelizing] of peace; of those euaggelizouenon of good things!”

 

ISAIAH 52.7 [YHWH] “How at home on the mountain of God are the feet of him basar [euaggelizo] shalom [safety, peace, health, happiness, prosperity, friendship]; basar of good things; making deliverance understood, saying to Zion, ‘Your Elohiym reigns!’” 

Luke 3.2: … came a rhema [utterance] of Theos upon John bar Zekaryahuw [Zechariah] in the desolate area. And he came into all the region surrounding the river Jordan [“The Descender”], kerusson [proclaiming] a baptisma [immersion, submersion, baptism] of remorse from guilt and reformation into freedom off hamartion [missing the mark or goal; erring, offending, sinning]. Just as has been written in the Biblo of the logon of Isaiah the Prophetou, saying, “I am the phone [sound, tone, noise, voice] of one helloing [calling out “hello”] in the desolate area; prepare the road of the Kuriou. Make His paths straight and level. Every pharagx [gap, chasm] shall be filled up and every mountain and hill shall be depressed [flattened] and the skolia [crooked, warped, winding] shall be made into straight and the ragged [rugged] trails into smooth roads and all flesh shall gaze wide-eyed at the Soterion [Defender, Savior] of Theos.” 

Luke 8: And it was caused to be in the thereafter [later] and He traveled down through cities and villages kerusson and euaggelizomenos of the Kingdom of Theos. And the twelve apostoloi traveled with Him and also some gunaikes [women] who were [had been] delivered from poneron [hurtful] pneumaton [spirits] and from feebleness: Mary being called “The Magdalene” [from a town called Magdala: “Tower,” in Galilee] from whom seven demons had issued and Joanna the gune [woman, wife] of Chuza [“The Seer” or “The Prophet”], the steward of Herod Antipas, and Susanna and many others that served Him from their possessions.

 

Acts 9.19 Now, Saul was amidst the matheton [learners, pupils, disciples] in Damascus some days. And he directly ekerusse [proclaimed] the Christon in the synagogues; that the same is the Son of Theos. Now, all those hearing him marveled and said, “Isn’t this the same one ravaging those invoking this Name [Authority] in Jerusalem? And he had come into this same place in order that, binding the same. he might lead them before the faces of the chief priests.” Now, Saul was more empowered and confounded the Judaeans residing in Damascus; proving that this Same Jesus is the Christos.

 

Acts 28.30: Now, Paul stayed a whole two years in his own rented building and welcomed all those coming in to him; kerusson the Kingdom of Theos and teaching the issues about the Kuriou Jesus the Christou amidst all frankness [directness] without hindrance.

 

Mark 6.6 And He walked all around the hamlets in a circle, teaching. And He summoned the twelve and began to send them out, two by two, and gave them authority over the impure pneumaton [spirits] and commanded them in order that they take along not even one thing into the road, if not [except] merely a staff; not a bag nor bread nor a copper [money] belt; conversely, tie on sandals and not put on two tunics. And He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay [reside] there until you go out from there [leave that town]. And as many as won’t receive you nor hear from you, departing from there, violently shake off the dirt beneath your feet to a testimony to them.” And having gone forth, they ekerusson [proclaimed] in order that they should metanoesosi [think differently, turnabout 180 degrees, repent]. And they ejected many demons and anointed many infirm ones with oil and healed them. 

Matthew 3: Now, came John the Baptistes [Baptizer], kerusson in the wastelands of Judea and saying, “Metanoeite [think differently, turnabout 180 degrees, repent]! for the Kingdom of the Ouranon [Heaven] has arrived.” 

End of Fifty-eighth Lesson