†. John 2:19 . . Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.
†. Mtt 10:28 . . Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill
the soul. Rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in
geena.
Two different ancient Greek words are translated "destroy" in those
passages. The one in Mtt 10:28 is apollumi which means to destroy fully.
The word in John 2:19 is luo which means to loosen.
Luo is a bit ambiguous; but in John 2:19 it obviously refers to dismantling
buildings; viz: razing them.
†. Mtt 24:1-2 . . Departing now, Jesus was on his way from the temple, but
his disciples approached to show him the buildings of the temple. In
response he said to them: "Do you not behold all these things? Truly I say to
you; by no means will a stone be left here upon a stone and not be thrown
down."
That actually happened in 70 ce when both Jerusalem, and the temple were
demolished by a Roman army led by Titus, son of the emperor Vespasian.
But although the Temple no longer stood, its building materials still existed
as disconnected stones.
When terrorists flew airliners into the World Trade Center, they subsequently
busted the buildings all the way down to the ground. However, the building
materials themselves were still there-- all the concrete, all the glass, and all
the metal --just no longer connected together in the shape of erect sky
scrapers.
Same thing when Las Vegas real estate mogul Steve Wynn set about to
construct the fabulous Bellagio hotel complex. He didn't bother with
remodeling the old Dunes to accomplish his dream; but instead demolished
the Dunes and built the Bellagio from the ground up. When the Dunes
collapsed, it didn't vanish into thin air. Instead it fell to the ground in a heap
of rubble just as the World Trade Center did, and just as the Temple did; viz:
its building materials still existed; just no longer connected together as an
erect hotel/casino complex.
Here's John 2:19 from the Watchtower Society's translation.
"Break down this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
That's actually a very satisfactory translation because it says exactly what
luo is meant to convey; viz: to dismantle; which Webster's defines as: to
take to pieces and/or to destroy the integrity or functioning of; for example:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
The Watchtower Society insists that God dismantled Jesus' body into a zillion
Humpy-Dumpty pieces and scattered them to the four winds. However, even
if the Society's proprietary theory was actually in the Bible; the Lord
wouldn't have remained disintegrated like that for longer than three days or
people would have good reason to believe he was a liar at John 2:19-- not
just about that; but about other things he said too.
Buen Camino
/
†. Mtt 10:28 . . Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill
the soul. Rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in
geena.
Two different ancient Greek words are translated "destroy" in those
passages. The one in Mtt 10:28 is apollumi which means to destroy fully.
The word in John 2:19 is luo which means to loosen.
Luo is a bit ambiguous; but in John 2:19 it obviously refers to dismantling
buildings; viz: razing them.
†. Mtt 24:1-2 . . Departing now, Jesus was on his way from the temple, but
his disciples approached to show him the buildings of the temple. In
response he said to them: "Do you not behold all these things? Truly I say to
you; by no means will a stone be left here upon a stone and not be thrown
down."
That actually happened in 70 ce when both Jerusalem, and the temple were
demolished by a Roman army led by Titus, son of the emperor Vespasian.
But although the Temple no longer stood, its building materials still existed
as disconnected stones.
When terrorists flew airliners into the World Trade Center, they subsequently
busted the buildings all the way down to the ground. However, the building
materials themselves were still there-- all the concrete, all the glass, and all
the metal --just no longer connected together in the shape of erect sky
scrapers.
Same thing when Las Vegas real estate mogul Steve Wynn set about to
construct the fabulous Bellagio hotel complex. He didn't bother with
remodeling the old Dunes to accomplish his dream; but instead demolished
the Dunes and built the Bellagio from the ground up. When the Dunes
collapsed, it didn't vanish into thin air. Instead it fell to the ground in a heap
of rubble just as the World Trade Center did, and just as the Temple did; viz:
its building materials still existed; just no longer connected together as an
erect hotel/casino complex.
Here's John 2:19 from the Watchtower Society's translation.
"Break down this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
That's actually a very satisfactory translation because it says exactly what
luo is meant to convey; viz: to dismantle; which Webster's defines as: to
take to pieces and/or to destroy the integrity or functioning of; for example:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
The Watchtower Society insists that God dismantled Jesus' body into a zillion
Humpy-Dumpty pieces and scattered them to the four winds. However, even
if the Society's proprietary theory was actually in the Bible; the Lord
wouldn't have remained disintegrated like that for longer than three days or
people would have good reason to believe he was a liar at John 2:19-- not
just about that; but about other things he said too.
Buen Camino
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