Feb 29, 2024
LEVITICUS 15-16:
Yesterday we heard about sacrifices following
the healing of skin diseases and after getting rid of house mildew.
Chapter 15 is about defiling bodily discharges. Chapter 16 is about
the Day of Atonement, and the chapter contains a translation
problem in the word or name ‘azazel’. If you are interested in this
problem, see the Translate notes in today’s episode
notes.
PSALM 18:
This
poem reveals David’s intimacy with God. Even though he frequently
refers to himself, we see that God— and not himself, is the center
of his spiritual life.
LUKE 12a:
Jesus definitely gained enemies by his teaching
at the end of chapter 11, which was against the hypocrisy of the
Pharisees and religious experts.
NLT Translation
notes:
Ps. 18:34
He trains my hands for battle;
he
strengthens my arm [so that I can draw back
a
bronze bow of bronze//to
draw a bronze bow.]
41 They called for help, but no one came to
their rescue.
They
even cried to [you, LORD, but you//the LORD, but
he] refused to
answer.
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Luk.
12:6 “What is the price of five sparrows—
[maybe/0] two
copper coins? Yet God does not forget a single one of them.
8 “I tell you the truth, everyone who
[says publicly here on earth 'I am a follower of Jesus', I,
the Son of Manc will also acknowledge them as my followers in the
presence of God’s angels.//acknowledges me publicly here on earth, the
Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God’s
angels.]
9
But [those who deny me here on earth, saying they
are not my disciple, I will also say that they are not my disciples
in the presence of God’s angels.//anyone who denies me here on earth will be
denied before God’s angels.]
10
Anyone who speaks against [me,/0]
the Son of Man can be forgiven, but
anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will not be
forgiven.
16
Then he told them a story: “A rich man had a
[very/0] fertile
farm that produced fine crops. “[You lucky guy//My
friend], you have enough
stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be
merry!”’
20
“But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then
who will get everything you have [hoarded up for
yourself/worked for]?’
[See
the footnote in the NET for this verse.]
28
And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and
thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for
you. Why do you have so little faith [in
Him]?
[Here I let the word ‘faith’ stand. Maybe like
this, following my normal pattern: “— you my friends who so weakly
believe that the Father will help you.” Note that using ‘believe’
kind of requires that the translator add an object. Some readers
will feel that this is going too far, but translators routinely do
this in languages which don’t have any abstract nouns, or in
situations like this for languages like Indonesian and
English.
40
You also must be ready all the time, for
[I—/0] the Son of
Man, will come when least expected.”
46
The master will return unannounced and unexpected, and he will
cut [that evil//the] servant in pieces and banish him with the
unfaithful.
52
From now on families will be split apart, three in favor of me, and
two against—or two in favor and three against. [As
the Scripture says,//0]
54 Then Jesus turned to the crowd and said,
“When you see clouds beginning to form in the west, you say, ‘Here
comes a [rain/0] shower.’ And you are right.
56 You fools! You know how to interpret the
weather signs of the earth and sky, [so why can't
you figure out how to interpret the signs of the present
time?!//but you don’t know how to interpret the present
times.]
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