Lesson 67 Amplified – MATHETES

MATHETES -- MATHETAI

American singular: learner, pupil, disciple -- plural: learners, pupils, disciples 

There were, at times, dozens (perhaps hundreds) of people following our Lord Jesus the Christ. They “hung upon” every word He spoke and observed everything he did, when he permitted them. They heard Him speak His parables, but He didn’t explain the underlying truths to them. 

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

Luke 6.12: Now, it was caused to be in those days that He went forth into the Mount of Olives proseuxasthai [to humbly beseech God, to pray]. And He was staying up the whole of the night in proseuche of Theos. And when it was caused to be day, He called to His mathetas, and He selected from them two and ten [twelve] whom He also named apostolous [delegates, ambassadors, apostles]: Simon (whom He also called Petros [“Rock”]) and Andrew Bar Jona his brother; James and John Bar Zebedee; Phillip and Nathanael Bar Tolmai [or traditionally, “Bartholomew”]; Matthew [formerly “Levi”] Bar Alphaeus and Thomas [“Twin”]; James the Less [the Younger] Bar Alphaeus and Simon (the one called Zeloten [“Zealot”]); Judas Bar Jacob [“Son of James”; later called “Jude”] and Judas Bar Simeon the Iscariot (who was caused to be His surrenderer [betrayer]. 

Luke 6.39: Now, He spoke a parable to them: “I ask whether (or not at all) a blind person is able to show the way to a blind person? Won’t both fall into a hole? A mathetes isn’t above his teacher but having been thoroughly completed, all will be as their teachers.

 

Luke 7.11 And it was caused to be in the next day, that He traveled into a city called Nain [“Pleasantness”], Galilee and an ample number of His mathetai and a great crowd journeyed with Him. 

Luke 14.25: Now, many (a large throng) assembled to Him and turning, He said toward them, “If anyone comes toward Me and not detests his father and his mother and his gunaika and his children and his brothers and his sisters and (besides) even his psuche, he isn’t able to be My mathetes. And he who not bears his stake and comes behind [follows] Me, he isn’t able to be My mathetes. 

Acts 6.7: And the Logos of Theos grew and the number of the matheton in Jerusalem vehemently increased and a large throng of the priests listened attentively to [heeded, conformed to] the pistei [faith]. 

Acts 9: Now, Saul [later Paul] was still inhaling [breathing] threats and murder to the mathetas of the Kuriou. Having approached the high priest, he asked for letters off [from] him to Damascus, Syria (toward [to] the synagogues), so that if any of “The Way” be found (both men and gunaikas) binding them, he might lead [drag] them to Jerusalem. 

Acts 10.25: And Joses Bar Nabas went forth to Tarsus, Cilicia to seek out Saul. And finding him, he led him to Antioch. Now, it was caused to be to them a whole year convened in the ekklesia [assembly, church] and they taught a competent [considerable] throng. The mathetas were also first called Christianos [Christians] in Antioch. 

Acts 14.19: Now, Judaeans came over from Antioch and Iconium and persuaded [won over] the throng [populace]. And stoning Paul, they trailed [dragged] him outside the city; nomisantes [doing by Law] to him tethnanan [having died]. Now, the matheton having encircled him, anastas [standing up again], he reentered the city and the next day, he went forth with Joses Bar Nabas to Derbe. Both euaggelisamenoi [announced the good news, evangelized] to that city, and matheteusantes [having made learners, pupils, disciples] of enough people, they returned to Lystra and its environs (Iconium and Antioch), confirming the psuchas [souls] of the matheton, parakalountes [calling near, inviting, urging, exhorting, encouraging] them to continue in the pistei and that it is necessary that, via much stress, we enter into the Kingdom of Theos. 

John 6.60: Hearing this, many emergent from His mathetai said, “This logos is hard to accept. Who can stand to listen to it?” But Jesus (knowing in Himself that His mathetai were murmuring concerning this) said to them, “Does this offend you? What then will be your reaction if you are a spectator of the Son of Man going up where He was at first? It is the Hagios Pneuma Who makes alive; the flesh profits not even one thing! The rhemata [utterances] that I speak to you are pneuma [spirit] and are life but emergent from you are some who not pisteuousin [are putting their faith] in Me.” For Jesus knew (emergent from the beginning) who are those not pisteuontes and who is the one surrendering Him, and He said, “This is why I have told you that not even one man is able to come to Me unless it is given to the same emergent from My Father.” After this, many of His matheton went away into the things behind [returned to their previous pursuits] and no longer walked all around with Him. To us twelve, He said, “Don't you also wish to go away?” Simon (the Rock) answered Him, “Kurie! to whom shall we go? You have the rhemata of eternal life. We pepisteukamen [have put our faith in] You and have known that You are the Christos [Anointed One, Mashiyach], the Son of the living Theos.” 

                                                End of Sixty-seventh Lesson 

Lesson 66 Amplified – GEHENNA -- HAIDES

 GEHENNA

American: Hell, place of punishment

Hebrew Aramaic: Ge-Hinnom [“Valley of Gahee-Hinnome”] 

HAIDES

American: Unseen, subterranean world of the dead, Hades

Hebrew Aramaic: Sheol or Sheowl 

These are two distinct Koine Greek words for the abode(s) of the dead. Can you discover a distinction? 

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

Luke 12.4: [Jesus speaking] But I say to you, My friends, not be frightened from those killing the soma [body] and after these deeds not having furthermore to do. But I will show you Whom you shall fear; the One Who (after killing someone) has the privilege to throw him into Geennan [pronounced “Gehenna”].

 

James 3.6: The tongue is a fire and so the tongue is a kosmos of iniquity in our members, spotting [defiling] the whole soma; inflaming the course of human nature and being inflamed under Geennes.

 

Mark 9.42: [Jesus speaking] And whoever trips up one of these mikron ones [little children] pisteuonton [having faith] into Me, it is kalon [beautiful, virtuous] if rather a millstone be encircled around his neck, and he be thrown into the sea. And if your hand trips you up, amputate it. It is kalon for you to enter into Life maimed rather than to go off into Geennan having two hands, into the perpetual fire where their maggot not dies, and the fire isn’t extinguished. And if your foot trips you up, amputate it. It is kalon for you to enter into Life limping rather than to go off into Geennan having two feet into the perpetual fire where their maggot not dies, and the fire isn’t extinguished. And if your eye trips you up, eject it. It is kalon for you to enter into the Kingdom of Theos one-eyed rather than to go off into Geennan having two eyes into the perpetual fire where their maggot not dies, and the fire isn’t extinguished.

 

Matthew 5.22: [Jesus speaking] Now, whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca’ [Hebrew: “O empty or worthless one”], shall be liable to the Sanhedrin. Now, whoever says to his brother, ‘More’ [“stupid, fool”], shall be liable to the fiery Geennan.

 

Matthew 10:28: [Jesus speaking] And you shouldn’t fear from those killing the soma but not being able to kill the psuche [soul, life, psyche, ego]; but rather fear the One being able to utterly destroy both the soma and psuche in Geenne.

 

PSALM 16.9: [Son of Theos speaking] For this reason My heart is blithe [full of joy] and my kabowd [weight, value, splendor] twirls with joy. Also, My flesh will rest in trust for You [YHWH] won’t loosen [relinquish] My nephesh [psuche] in Sheol.

 

1^st Corinthians 15.51: LO! I tell you a musterion [secret, mystery]. Indeed, we shan’t all be put to sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment (in a jerk of the eye) in the final reverberation. For it will trumpet and the dead will be awakened imperishable, and we shall be changed for this decaying body must be clothed with imperishability and this mortal body must be clothed with athanasian [deathlessness, immortality]. When this decayed shall be clothed with imperishability and this mortal be clothed with athanasian, then will occur the logos written, “Death was swallowed into victory. Where is your sting, O Death? Where, O Haides, is your victory?” 

HOSEA 13.14: [YHWH speaking] “From Sheol’s hand I will ransom them. From Death, I will redeem them. Where are your plagues, O Death? Where are your exterminations, O Sheol?” 

Luke 16.19: [Jesus speaking -- a parable?] “Now, there was a certain man who was wealthy and was clothed with purple and white linen, having brilliantly celebrated down to day by day. Now, there was some pauper named Lazarus, who had been tossed toward his doorway, being ulcerous and longing to be fed off the crumbs falling from the table of the wealthy one. Instead, even the dogs (coming by) licked his sores. Now, it was caused to be that the pauper died, and he was borne away (by the aggelon) into the bosom of Abraham. Now, also the wealthy one died and was interred. And being in torture in Haides, raising up his eyes, he sees (from afar) Abraham and Lazarus in his bosom. And he phonesas [shouting said], ‘Father Abraham! have compassion upon me and dispatch Lazarus in order that he may bapse [dip] the tip of his finger in water and may cool down my tongue because I am grieving in this flame. Now, Abraham said, ‘Child! bear in mind that you fully received your good in your life and Lazarus similarly received the kaka [worthless] but now he is comforted but you are grieving. And above all these issues, between us and you a mega chasm has been set so that those thelontes [determining, choosing, deciding] to cross from here towards you aren’t able, lest those from there might cross over towards us.’ 

Matthew 11.23: [Jesus speaking] And for you Capernaum, Galilee, have you been elevated up to Ouranou? to Haides you will be caused to go down because if in Sodon were caused to be the dunameis [power works] being caused to be in you, it would remain until today. Furthermore, I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment than for you.” 

Matthew 16.15: He says to us, “But Whom do you say Me to be?” Now responding, Simon the Rock said, “YOU ARE the Christos [Anointed One, Messiah, Mashiyach, Christ], the Son of the Living Theos!” And responding, Jesus said, “Makarios [Supremely blest] are you, Simon Bar Jonah, because flesh and blood not disclosed this truth to you; conversely, My Father in the Ouranois [Heavens]. And I also say to you, ‘You are Rock’ and upon this monolithic rock I will erect My ekklesian [assembly, church] and the gates [courts] of Haides shan’t overpower her. And I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of the Ouranon and in case you bind upon the earth, it shall be bound (if first having been bound in the Ouranois) and in case you loose anything upon the earth, it shall be loosed (if first having been loosed in the Ouranois).” Then is when He ordered [enjoined] us mathetai in order that we may not tell (to even one person) that He, Jesus, is the Christos. 

Revelation 1.17: And when I saw the Same, I fell forward (to His feet) as if dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying to me, “Not fear! I AM the First and the Last and the living One! And I was caused to be dead and LO! I AM living to the ages of the ages. Amen! And I hold the keys of Hadou [Haides] and of death. 

End of Sixty-sixth Lesson

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