I think the interpretation “inspiration of God” is a rational one, and that it was breathed silently, not in spoken words in a particular language.
So it would have been written in whatever language was natural to the person into whom God had breathed it.
Beyond that, my belief in a literal inerrant scripture is one of faith more than proof. God certainly could keep the Bible inerrant. If he didn’t, I guess I’ll have to answer for believing otherwise, but I feel that error would be less an issue than to reject his Word.
So it would have been written in whatever language was natural to the person into whom God had breathed it.
Beyond that, my belief in a literal inerrant scripture is one of faith more than proof. God certainly could keep the Bible inerrant. If he didn’t, I guess I’ll have to answer for believing otherwise, but I feel that error would be less an issue than to reject his Word.
1,392 posted on June 3, 2008 7:16:57 AM MDT by CharlesWayneCT
<2315> qeo,pneustoj theo-pneustos G-d could have chosen any language in the world, however He chose Koine GreekThe Koine Greek literally says "G-d breathed"
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach Adonai
in 2 Timothy 3:16
Meaning: God-breathed, i.e. inspired by God
Origin: from 2316 and 4154
Usage: inspired by God(1).
Notes: (1) Lit God-breathed (2) Lit training which is in (a) Rom 4:23f; Rom 15:4; 2Pe 1:20f
as it was the "lingua franca" of the time and place and it is extremely precise.
For His good purposes.
It was also used for the translation of the Tanach in the form of the LXX.