tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173261224200477422.post1735836081456347098..comments2023-05-17T07:20:46.233-05:00Comments on Natchez Ghosts: The Devil's Punchbowl: Preacher Says the Word "Ghost" is Not in the Biblemikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17155107516108382701noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173261224200477422.post-39326254998423302462011-01-29T13:26:15.798-06:002011-01-29T13:26:15.798-06:00To Anonymous, I appreciate your post, I really do,...To Anonymous, I appreciate your post, I really do, but I must respectfully say most of what you said is entirely incorrect. The Koine Greek (New Testament biblical language) word for spirit is pneuma, which means breath or wind. The same is true for the Hebrew word, which is ruach. Both are translated as spirit or soul. The word ghost, found in some versions and which occurs, for example, in Matthew 14:26 (when the disciples thought Christ, who was walking on the water to them, was a ghost) is rendered in the original Greek as the word "phantasma" - or GHOST. This is the word from which we get our English word "phantom" from. <br /><br />The "two entities of the Holy Spirit" you speak of is not found anywhere in the scriptures or from the countless scores of biblical theologians who have done translation work that I've ever heard of (which is a significant number). That's a very odd idea and is not tenable with what the Bible says, or what translators or etymologists have said. That is not even mentioned ever, as even a possibility. That idea, in other words, is totally from out of left field. The same with the idea of some "mother-daughter" connection to these words. It doesn't exist. I'm not sure where you got this information, but it is simply, in a word: wrong. It is also, frankly, weird. Somebody has told you something that is not based in reality at all. In fact, to me it sounds like a Wiccan or radical feminist idea or concept. Again, it isn't based on the Bible or what translators or theologians have said. You can, of course, believe what you want, but it's just not there in the real deal. <br /><br />I certainly don't hold to a "KJV only" type of belief. I use the original languages in my Bible studies, and several translations. I will say that the King James Version, which is simply one translation into English from the original languages of Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic, uses the terms Holy Spirit and Holy Ghost, 7 and 90 times respectively. In BOTH instances, the KJV translators meant the exact same thing: an immaterial being. It is entirely untrue that the myriad of other English translations are simply copying the KJV. I'm not sure where you would have gotten that information from, but it certainly sounds to me like someone you are reading has an agenda, and is very willing to bend the facts like a pretzel. No, they used the original manuscripts and codexes to translate their versions straight from the original source manuscripts and codexes. In other words, the New American Standard translators (for example) went back to the original sources to create their version. <br /><br />I have a four year B.S. degree in Biblical Literature (Bible) as my major; and a Master's in Theology and Ministry. I have years of study in Greek and some study in Hebrew. So, it's not something I'm just making a comment on, it has been my life's work in many ways. I do have an open mind, but have to draw the line when ideas are just plain and simply erroneous. Again, we welcome your thoughts and comments, but repectfully reserve the right to set the record straight when information exposed to our readers is in gross error. After all, this is our blog. :)mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155107516108382701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173261224200477422.post-16472442032844795972011-01-29T02:13:57.792-06:002011-01-29T02:13:57.792-06:00In theology we learned that the word ghost was use...In theology we learned that the word ghost was used in the translation of the KJV because the theologians understood that the Greek word for spirit meant two persons of the spirit- the mother & the daughter. The core word in the Greek is spirit. They wanted to convey in their translating when they felt that scripture was referring to the mother or the daughter, that they needed another word for spirit to distinguish between the two. They took the German word for spirit - geist (pronounced ghost) when they believed that it was referring to the daughter. They used spirit when they believed it was referring to the mother. Most of the other translations we use today are just following what the KJV uses. Technically, spirit & ghost in scripture are referring to two separate persons, you may not want to use the word ghost unless you believe in the two entities of the Holy Spirit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173261224200477422.post-17300472168419485582011-01-24T18:54:45.792-06:002011-01-24T18:54:45.792-06:00Well, you know the Bible never mentions oxygen, no...Well, you know the Bible never mentions oxygen, now this is actually true, I can not see this so called oxygen! Science says it exist, but it must not since the Bible obviously fails to mention it. <br /><br />Michael DeLorenzeChristianPIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10400215269918703753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173261224200477422.post-80619283242674306602011-01-24T17:56:25.261-06:002011-01-24T17:56:25.261-06:00LOL! Now that is quite funny to say the Bible does...LOL! Now that is quite funny to say the Bible doesn't mention ghost. As I had already coverd with a friend of mine weeks ago on facebook. The 7 translations I have sure say it. Those would be the NIV, Oxford Bible, NLT, CSV, ASV, NKJV, & KJV. Guess those must all be type errors. Lol! Just remember Brother 2 of my favorite verses. "Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer pesecution" (2 Timothy 3:12) & "But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. In fact I do not judge myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord." (1 Corinthians 4:3-4) In other words we knew this was coming as servants of Christ Jesus & let them talk falsehoods all they want to, cause as long as we know we are right with God & doing His work, NO MAN'S OPINION MATTERS. :-) Just sayin' Lol!<br /><br />Chris JacksonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com