Great essay! This speaks to my innate intuition even as a child that this call to go witness and save others was mis-attuned. This never settled right with me; that Jesus meant the doctrine of resurrection excluded so many. Thank you for your work and insight!
Thank you for the essay, it has inspired me to dig into my Bible to study a few points that I might have missed!
I wanted to check, "Pais" in Greek is used in many places where it has no affectionate connotations. Such as when Herod orders the slaughter of young children (Matthew 2:18). I think it's very important to be precise on this, and I'm not entirely sure there's necessarily a romantic tilt to the word here. Could you share where the word has been used in such a context? Thank you!
Yeah that’s not a unanimous scholarly position, the text is ambiguous. The word itself just means servant, but the nature of the Roman world and the level of concern shown have caused some scholars to speculate on the relationship.
Great essay! This speaks to my innate intuition even as a child that this call to go witness and save others was mis-attuned. This never settled right with me; that Jesus meant the doctrine of resurrection excluded so many. Thank you for your work and insight!
Thank you for the essay, it has inspired me to dig into my Bible to study a few points that I might have missed!
I wanted to check, "Pais" in Greek is used in many places where it has no affectionate connotations. Such as when Herod orders the slaughter of young children (Matthew 2:18). I think it's very important to be precise on this, and I'm not entirely sure there's necessarily a romantic tilt to the word here. Could you share where the word has been used in such a context? Thank you!
Yeah that’s not a unanimous scholarly position, the text is ambiguous. The word itself just means servant, but the nature of the Roman world and the level of concern shown have caused some scholars to speculate on the relationship.