Jan 6, 2025
GENESIS 17-18:
In chapter 15 we heard of God's covenant with Abram and Abram's
_fully believing_ God's promises. Then in chapter 16 we read of
Abram and Sarai trying to help God fulfill his promises.
Chapter 15 verse 6 is a famous verse that is quoted three times in the NT:
6 Abram put his trust in the Lord, and because of this the Lord was pleased with him and accepted him. (GNT)
[The NT translates this verse a bit differently because it is quoted from the Septuagint (the LXX, the ancient translation of the Old Testament into Koine Greek, made in the third and second centuries BC). ]
JOB 9:
In chapter 8, Bildad defended God as always acting with justice and
insisted that this meant that there had to be some sin on Job's
part or his children's.
MARK 6a:
In the second half of Mark5, Jesus did two amazing miracles— the
second one causing a dead girl to live again.
In our translations in Indonesia, it was found to help understanding to give Herodias a more feminine sounding name. In Indonesian Herod is Herodes, and Herodias was too close in sound and the two names became confused. Even though English does not have that problem, I think it helps a little to give Herodias a name that people will recognize as a girl-name, Herodiana.
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NlT Translation notes:
17 For Herod had sent soldiers to arrest and imprison John as a
favor to [Herodiana/Herodias]. She had been his
brother Philip’s wife, but Herod had married her.
18 John had been telling Herod, “It is against God’s law for you to
marry your brother’s wife.” 19 So
[Herodiana/Herodias] bore a grudge against John
and wanted to kill him. But without Herod’s approval she was
powerless,
[In our translations in Indonesia, it was found to help
understanding to give Herodias a more feminine sounding name. In
Indonesian Herod is Herodes, and Herodias was too close in sound
and becomes confusing. Even though English does not have that
problem, I think it will help some to give her name that people
will recognize as a girl-name.]
21 [Herodianas’s] chance finally came on Herod’s
birthday. He gave a party for his high government officials, army
officers, and the leading citizens of Galilee.
22 Then [Herodiana's/his] daughter, also named
Herodia came in and performed a dance that greatly pleased Herod
and his guests. “Ask me for anything you like,” the king said to
the girl, “and I will give it to you.”
[As NLT's footnote shows, there is a textual problem in this verse.
I have changed this to be like NIV, CEV, ESV and many others.]
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