[jps098]

My point is with people who assume the Bible is the 100% literal word of God. It is only as literal as the translation is accurate.

The problem I have is that you must assume either the older languages have not changed, while the English has; or must have superior knowledge of the older language.

I get real tired listening to people talk about the archaic English from 400 ago while they forget that ancient Greek is filled with assumptions filled by looking at context. It too has changed, and more than English.

[R. Scott]

I get real tired listening to people talk about the archaic English from 400 ago while they forget that ancient Greek is filled with assumptions filled by looking at context. It too has changed, and more than English.

I doubt that a present day Greek could easily read the Greek of 2,000 years ago. It would be harder than my reading Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales as originally written. Fortunately my copy has the modern translation on the same page.