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To: stockpirate
Well then if we can just make up quotes let me have a go at it.

I don't know why you are being so contentious on this, I was not making up a quote, only offering an alternate translation that makes more sense, just as many other versions of the Bible do.

The word translated "house" is (according to Strong's):

3614 oikia oy-kee'-ah from 3624; properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics):--home, house(-hold).

I chose "household" because to me it seemed to fit the context best.

The word translated "mansions"is:

3438 mone mon-ay' from 3306; a staying, i.e. residence (the act or the place):--abode, mansion.

Again, I chose "residence" as the word that seemed to me to fit the context best.

Now, if you can cite the Greek origins from Bible texts to support your "made up" quotes, then maybe you have a point, but of course you can't.

Also, I still don't know what your quoting this passage has to do with the nature of ufo's, so let's try to stay on topic.

33 posted on 03/17/2009 12:26:41 PM PDT by Truth Addict ("Whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth..." - Patrick Henry)
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To: Truth Addict

Sorry, I get a little touchy when people want to use something that fits their point of view. How many different versions is there with a different word for just that one word?

I guess it’s best that we all just agree that no one knows what Jesus really said or meant.


34 posted on 03/17/2009 1:29:49 PM PDT by stockpirate (A people unwilling to use extreme violence to preserve liberty, deserves the tyrant that rules them.)
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