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To: HarleyD; stfassisi; mas cerveza por favor; Kolokotronis
According to the Orthodox Study Bible you are incorrect.

Accoridng to the koine Greek language used to wriote the New Testament the word for sacrifice and victim is one and the same. Look up the word thusia (θυσια).

2,752 posted on 11/20/2010 10:45:54 AM PST by kosta50 (God is tired of repenting -- Jeremiah 15:6, KJV)
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To: kosta50; HarleyD; stfassisi; mas cerveza por favor
In modern Greek, the word for victim is θύμα; same root, same concept as θυσια, different word. In koine there is only the one word, θυσια, so far as I know.
2,778 posted on 11/20/2010 12:45:02 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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To: kosta50; stfassisi; mas cerveza por favor; Kolokotronis
It not about word smithing. It's all about context. Here are different ENGLISH interpretation of the meaning of "sacrifice/victim":

You certainly would not change "the sacrifices made by parents" to "the victim made by parents" although many parents feel victimized at times. Nor would you say a "a frequent sacrifice of political attacks". Both usage would be silly in English. What is important is the context in which the word is used.

Christ was not a victim. Christ free gave himself as a sacrifice. None of the interpretations agree with the term "victim". Nor does Church history concur that Christ was a victim in context. (Not to mention the said passage was added as commentary.) While you might think that Greek is such a pure language, when translating into English there are nuances to terms.

Even the American Greek Orthodox versions uses the word "sacrifice". ;O)

2,791 posted on 11/20/2010 6:28:10 PM PST by HarleyD
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