WordWolf

"We are but poor, lost circus performers. Is there a village nearby?" "I wonder if he's using the same wind we are using." "Did I make it clear that your JOB is at stake?"

"I wonder if he's using the same wind we are."

I'm pretty sure there was a movie that shared its name with the car (and the video game, and the album) "Gran Torino." (IIRC, Garbage did the album.)

I have no idea. I think nobody else has an idea. Can you post the answer or something?

When I was in, I occasionally had someone try to comment on my casual reading. It completely failed to move me for several reasons. A) In the first twig I attended, the regulars read, more or less, the same stuff I was reading. (Not the same exact books, but the same genres and so on- meaning comic books, science fiction, fantasy.) B) Only a fool would claim I hadn't been reading twi books. In short, if someone had REALLY pushed me on what I was reading, I would have challenged them on how well they knew the twi books I was reading SOME of the time. C) Most people didn't know I was reading whatever I wanted, and didn't know I was reading stuff by other Christians on the side. My position was one of eclecticism- I felt I could exceed the understanding of the best of twi eventually if I took all of twi's learning, and then added the best works of other Christians I could find. (I believed the common propaganda that twi stuff, ounce for ounce, was the best, but I also thought that other Christians had specialized skills I could learn from- especially in areas twi was weak. In short, I didn't hear it much, and when I did, I blew criticism of my reading materials off as criticisms without merit.

What instruments do you both play?

[it's sad that "Dr" WearWord's education so neglected to teach him the value of a good dictionary. Myself, I was taught that a good, "COLLEGIATE" dictionary would serve me well for the rest of my life. (I was taught that in Junior High School.) Both the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language were recommended as excellent resources that any (EVERY) person should own (one or the other, as suited their purpose.) I got both. When I quoted one, I flipped to an entry and read from it. Anyone with a more COMPLETE education should be familiar with at least their names, and the uses of a collegiate dictionary. They give the correct spelling of a word, its pronunciation, its uses, and its origins (and does other things as well, but these are the primary function of collegiate dictionaries.) As it turns out, the internet age has given us the ability to read their entries for ourselves, if one doesn't have a copy at home and doesn't want to visit a library to check one. The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary's website: http://www.merriam-webster.com/ http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zero "Etymology: French or Italian; French zéro, from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic ṣifr" The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language's website: http://dictionary.reference.com/help/ahd4.html http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/zero "[italian, from alteration of Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic ṣifr, nothing, cipher; see cipher.] The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. " Just for fun, here's what the Online Etymology Dictionary said for the same entry (a resource specializing in word origins.) "zero 1604, from It. zero, from M.L. zephirum, from Arabic sifr "cipher," translation of Skt. sunya-m "empty place, desert, naught" (see cipher)" (Ibid.) It also gives its own link to the history of the derivation. http://www.etymonline.com/zero.php On the one hand, we have resources that are respected by competent educators and genuine students of the English language. (That's resourceS in the plural.) On the other hand, we have one resource noted for inventing the associations between things when it suited him, who contradicts them. What is more trustworthy? Where is the weight of the evidence? Can it be any more obvious?]

[What's wrong with a deduction is that some people don't know how to use mathematical proofs correctly. One such example is above, where zero ended up "= God." Another example, equally "valid" and equally incorrect, would be: "God is love. Love is blind. Ray Charles is blind. Therefore, by commutativity, where things equal to the same thing are equal to each other, Ray Charles is God." And dodging the issue with non-answers doesn't change that. "Are humans smarter than God?" "Did God forget how to count?"] [They were based on your erroneous assumption- based entirely on an error of Hislop's plus your own assumptions- that "zero" in English is in any way connected to the Hebrew word "zera" or "seed" simply because the words are spelled almost the same. Heck, in Aramaic, the words for "camel" and "rope" are virtually identical in spelling and are unrelated in concept, as are Samaritan and devil, which is worth a separate discussion, I suppose. In English, the words "chump" and "champ" are unrelated, as are "descent" and "decent" and "desert" and "dessert." "Pain" in English is an ache, "pain" in French means bread. So, all you've got is your own suppositions and some mental sleight-of-hand to make "zero" appear where it had nothing to do with what's there, either in word or concept, and fobbing off criticism with "it's hidden so only the elite can find it." It's a lot like saying "lack of evidence is proof that the conspiracy is working." There's no evidence to support your claims? "Take that up with God." No, I take that up with the person making the bald assertions. God was minding his own business when someone decided to slap His name on a pet theory to give it the illusion of credibility.] [The Bible directly mentions the name of God. The name given BY God as a name would be transliterated YHWH. Its exact pronunciation is up for discussion. It is a consistent error of the English language Bibles that YHWH is consistently rendered "LORD" (and rarely "GOD") rather than as YHWH. However, don't blame the author-the Hebrew that the English Bibles are supposed to be taken from contain "YHWH" in all the correct spots. It appears thousands of times in the Torah/Old Testament. If you pick up a Concordance and flip to "LORD", you'll see a comprehensive listing of how often and when. Your English Bible at least makes it noticeable by rendering it "LORD" rather than "Lord". God said they'd know him as YHWH- WHEN ASKED. God never said His name was "Zero" (or even "ZERO".) For the curious, YHWH BEGINS appearing in Genesis 4, and Eve is the first one recorded as using it. ("I have gotten a man from the LORD.")] [There's STILL no connection between the Hebrew "zera" and the English "zero." Hislop consistently made the error of making assertions of the connections between things without documenting them. (He claimed "Tammuz" was supposedly the "son" of "Nimrod" and "Semirammis". However, there's no connection between "Tammuz" and either of them other than Hislop saying "they're connected.") Someone who swallows his assertions without checking them might be prone to making their own bald assertions and just SUPPOSING they are correct.]

I suspect it's more a desire to "recapture the good old days" and capitalize on the feelings back when everyone in twi was young, foolish and enthusiastic. With modern information sources (the internet), the people are less foolish, the people in twi are more than 20 years older, and they're certainly less enthusiastic. So, these out-of-date fashions strike me as about as relevant as (seen once on "Friends") a woman trying to catch a man's eye by putting on her old cheerleader costume from back in high school, since it never failed for her back then.

Or at all, really.

Not from lack of trying. I heard the early form of this slogan from vpw on ROA tapes. (Review ROA '79's tapes sometime.) I probably heard him say it in passing on other tapes as well. He started off with the early form, phrased a little different, and as a question, then required the answer from large groups where SOMEONE was bound to give him the answer he wanted. "Where would we be without GOD?" (audience off-microphone) "That's right, some of us, we'd be DEAD!" From there it was a short hop to swap out "God" for "God's ministry" or "God's class" or some other nonsense, making it "if not for the plagiarizing rapist, his class, and his group, I'd be dead!" One more short hop brings you to "I must owe this organization my slave-labor for life!"

[First, you have to have a word that's transliterated to have this be germane to the discussion. "Zero" was never "transliterated" into English. It was translated from the Latin "zephirum." (Scroll up-I cited a reliable, knowledgeable source.)] [No, they got the term from the Latin "zephirum". I have a reliable source for that. Do you have any kind of source for a claim "zero" came from "zera", or is the entire claim based on their being similar when written with English lettering? Because LOTS of unrelated words are equally similar with English lettering, but are unrelated nonetheless.] [source for this claim, please. Other than your opinion, is there documentation from anything resembling a knowledgeable, reliable resource that says "zero" is connected with "pharaoh" "hero" "Nero" "El Zoro" (or "El Zorro") ? ] [Ascribing a meaning to a word does not automatically mean it is CORRECTLY ascribed. I can come up with all sorts of unrelated words, ascribe meanings to them, and be completely wrong-but sincere...]

Similarly, vpw was called "Doctor" and also- at his instruction- called "THE Teacher". Calling him "The Doctor" really isn't a big stretch. It's not precise, but I wouldn't lose sleep over it.

With some of the main conspirators still running twi (rfr and Donna), it's amazing how current a lot of the old news still is. Then again, with it a matter of public record that rfr lied to the twi members, why is it a surprise they'll just believe anything she says now? They haven't stopped yet...

If it wasn't for twi, Tom M would still be alive.

It is indeed "Casablanca."

From the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, "zero" is from the ML word "zephirum". According to Wikipedia's entry on "zero", outside of the Mayans- and in regards to all of the "Old World"/Eastern Hemisphere, There was no symbol to represent "zero" until roughly around 130 AD (the earliest documented occurrence.) With no WORD or SYMBOL for "zero" until AFTER ALL THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE CANON WERE WRITTEN, it should be no surprise that the word "zero" cannot be found in the Bible. http://www.biblegateway.com/ Go ahead, run a search. I checked in the 4 versions with the most "word for word" translations to English I know of- the KJV, the NKJV, the NASB, the NIV. All of them have zero occurrences of the word "zero." With zero occurrences of the word "zero", those Bible fundamentalists still among us would ascribe ZERO significance to the word "zero" in the Bible. (Hard to ascribe meaning to something that isn't there.) It ranks with the usages of the word "OLDSMOBILE" in the Bible.

That's interesting. I was thinking the opera singer might have enjoyed the movie as much as Dawson, but for some reason I didn't post it. Ok, next movie. "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."

The entire "Word-Faith" doctrine rests on bull-caca like this. You prospered? It was entirely because of you. Bad things happened? You failed, or you brought them to you. Meanwhile, " 44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. " (Matthew 5:44-45, KJV).

"Don't touch that dial!" "What's the greatest television show in the whole wide world?" "THE RUNNING MAN!" "Who loves you, and who do you love?" "KILLIAN! "It's showtime!" I think Richard Dawson LOVED acting in that movie. He certainly seemed to be the actor who enjoyed it most.

Good point about Ezri. However, DAX was who told us that it was bad to HAVE relationships, etc. If Dax thought the rule was a bad rule, that was an odd time to leave it out. (I blame the writers. They kept coming up with sensible rules for symbionts that were good ideas on paper, but made for more boring television. For example, Ezri Dax was supposed to stay away from DS9. Did the audience want that? Heck no! They wanted Dax back- Ezri if they couldn't have Jadzia.) Actually, that's EXACTLY what happened. They fitted Terry Farrell with a smaller version of that forehead, and someone in charge HATED it. It would have made a LOT more sense to say that Jadzia Dax was a (fill-in-the-blank), from a joined species SIMILAR TO THE TRILL. Except for that one visit to their homeworld, the shows only use Trills who were joined with a symbiont. I wouldn't mind them using a few Trill who are not joined in some series or another, even if they're minor walk-on characters. Well, since we're stuck on the current one, I don't think anyone will mind too much. At the GSC, if someone dislikes your post, they will let you know in no uncertain terms. (So if they mind, we'll know very soon.) :)

twi was designed to make thinking as black-and-white as possible. The Bible- and thus twi, as the "only" organization teaching "the truth" about the Bible- contained truth....... .....which developed into "no other Christians have truth/all other Christians live in darkness" and further into "there is no truth outside the Bible, and thus, no truth outside twi." That's how we get the kind of nonsense where the extreme Kool-Aid drinkers say things like scientists getting knowledge ONLY from God or ONLY from the devil, with no possibilities for anything like experimentation, failure, modification, further experimentation, etc, which tend to dominate the lives of the major inventors like Thomas Edison and so on. We've seen posters POST THIS on this messageboard. lcm spouted this kind of nonsense- where music, art, inventions, etc are all the result of a devil who seems to be a better benefactor of society than the so-called "god" that twi'ers eventually ended up AFRAID of, appeased only by more restrictive rules than Israel ever faced.

Sure explains why Curzon Dax hung out with Sisko, then Jadzia Dax hung out with Sisko, then Ezri Dax hung out with Sisko and everyone Jadzia hung out with..... Then again, they also were specified as AVOIDING romantic relationships, considering them as a weakness of the young. Meanwhile, the first Trill we ever meet, Kareel Odan has no problem with them no matter who's carrying the Odan symbiont, (3 different hosts try to lip-mash Beverly Crusher) and the Dax symbiont has no problem with that, (Curzon died by Jamaharon, Jadzia got married....) the Kahn symbiont has no problem with that (the Kahn host married the Dax host....) etc, etc. From "A Man Alone"..... "DAX: It's time I explain that Trills don't look for romance the way humans do. In fact, we consider it quite a nuisance. BASHIR: A nuisance... ? DAX: It is a weakness of the young... and although a Trill host may have these kinds of...(beat, distasteful)... feelings occasionally, it is our wish to live on a higher plane... to try to rise above those sorts of temptations..." Anyone want me to post a counter-example, like Dax flirting in "Meridian"? The writers weren't exactly consistent in their depictions of Trills and their society. Then again, what they kept trying to say on paper ended up-predictably- to be bad television and bad for the WRITERS. (I hope I'm not spoiling anyone's fun- this is how I have fun! :) )

Hey, if you want a sponsor for a blood drive, what's more appropriate than an organization that sucks the blood from its followers?

http://www.biblestudysite.com/98.htm The Divine Names and Titles in the New Testament. This Is Appendix 98 From The Companion Bible. All names and titles used of one Person represent the different relationships which are sustained by Him. In the New Testament these are more varied, and not less important than those in the Old Testament; and Appendix 4 should be compared with this Appendix. The following exhibition of them practically embraces all that is necessary to enable the English reader to understand them, and to grasp something of the perfection with which each is used. The list of Names, etc. is given according to the common English rendering of the Authorized Version, as being more easy for reference. It does not include "Spirit" or "Holy Spirit": for which see the separate Appendix, Number 101. Reference is made, in the notes, to the following divisions and subdivisions :- 1. GOD. G OD. Greek Theos. The Greek language, being of human origin, utterly fails (and naturally so) to exhibit the wonderful precision of the Hebrew, inasmuch as the language necessarily reflects, and cannot go beyond the knowledge, or rather the lack of knowledge, of the Divine Being apart from revelation. 1. Theos corresponds, generally, with `Elohim of the Old Testament, denoting the Creator (see Appendix 4. I); but it corresponds also with El (Appendix 4. IV), and Eloah (Appendix 4. V). Sometimes it corresponds with Jehovah (who is `Elohim in Covenant relation), in which case it is printed GOD, as in the Old Testament (both Authorized Version and Revised Version). 1. Theos is used in the New Testament of the Father, as the revealed God (see John 1: 2. 1. Acts 17:24, etc.). It is used of the Son (Matthew 1: 3. 23. John 1:1; 20:28 , ect. Romans 9:5. 2Peter 1:1. 1John 5:20 ). Compare Colossians 2:9 and 2Peter 1:3,4. It is used of the Holy Spirit (Acts 5 verse 4. 3, compared with verse 4 ). It is used generically, as in John 10: 5. 34. Acts 12:22. 2Corinthians 4:4. Philippians 3:19, etc. It is used of false gods, as in Acts 7: 43, etc.; and is printed "god" as in the Old Testament. 2. Cognate with Theos, there are three other words to be noted: 1. Theotes, rendered "Deity", and used of Christ. Occurs only in Colossians 2:9, and has relation to the Godhead personally; while 2. Theiotes, rendered "Deity" also, is Deity in the abstract. Occurs only in Romans 1: 3. 20. Theios, rendered "Divine", and is used of Christ. Occurs only in 2Peter 1:3,4; and, with the Article, in Acts 17:29 where it is rendered "Godhead". Greek = that which [is] Divine. 2. I AM. Used by Christ of Himself, in John 8: 58. See note on Exodus 3:14. 3. FATHER. F ATHER. Greek Pater. Expresses relationship, the correlative of which is "son". When used of man it not only denotes parentage, but it sometimes has the wider meaning of "ancestor", "founder", or a "senior" (as in 1John 2:13,14); also the author or source of anything (John 8:44. Hebrews 12:9); and expresses a spiritual relationship, as in 1Corinthians 4:15. When used of God it denotes His relationship to His "beloved Son"; and to those ("sons") who have been begotten (not "born", see note on Matthew 1:1) into a new creation. It implies "sons", not "offspring", as in Acts 17:28,29. These were "offspring", and were existing (Greek huparcho), as such, according to nature, on the ground of creation; not "sons" as being "begotten" into a new creation. 4. ALMIGHTY. A LMIGHTY. Greek Pantokrator. This title belongs to the same God, as Creator, but expresses His relationship to all He has created, by the exercise of His power over "all the works of His hands". It occurs only in 2Corinthians 6:18. Revelation 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7,14; 19:6,15; 21:22. 5. POTENTATE. P OTENTATE. Greek Dunastes = a mighty Prince, or Ruler (compare English "dynasty"). Used of God, only in 1Timothy 6:15. Elsewhere used, only twice, of earthly rulers, in Luke 1:52 (generally), and of the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8:27. 6. LORD. This is the rendering of two Greek words: i. Kurios, and ii. Despotes; and one Aramaic, iii. Rabboni. 1. Kurios. Kurios means "owner" (and is so translated in Luke 19:33). It expresses the authority and lordship arising from and pertaining to ownership. Hence, while it is used of each Person of the Trinity, it is similarly used of the lower and human relationship of "master". Compare Luke 19:33 and see below a. 4. So much depends on the presence or absence of the Greek Article, when used of the Divine relationship, that these are carefully distinguished in the subdivisions below. For obvious reasons the four Gospels have been treated, below, apart from the other books of the New Testament. 1. In the Four Gospels. 1. Used of Jehovah (Appendix 4. II), and printed "LORD" throughout. 1. With the Article (ho Kurios). 1. In quotations from the Old Testament it occurs four 1 times: in Matthew 1:22; 2:15; 5:33; 22:44-. 2. In other connections it occurs fourteen times: once in Matthew (9: 38); once in Mark (5:19); twelve times in Luke (1:6,9,15,25,28,46; 2:15,22,-23,38; 10:2; 20:42-). 2. Without the Article (Kurios). 1. In quotations from the Old Testament it occurs twenty-nine times; eight times in Matthew (3:3; 4:7,10; 21:9,42; 22:37; 23:39; 27:10); eight times in Mark (1:3; 11:9,10; 12:11,29,29,30,36-); nine times in Luke (3:4; 4:8,12,18,19; 10:27; 13:35; 19:38; 20:37); four times in John (1:23; 12:13,38,38). 2. In other connections twenty-four times: six times in Matthew (1: 20,24; 2:13,19; 11:25; 28:2); once in Mark (13:20); seventeen times in Luke (1:11,16,17,32,38,45,48,66,68,76; 2:9,23-,24,26,39; 5:17; 10:21). 2. Used by Christ Himself. 1. With the Article (ho Kurios). 1. In direct reference: six times (Matthew 21:3; 24:42; Mark 11:3; Luke 19:31; John 13:13,14). 2. In direct reference: twice (Matthew 22:- 44; Luke 20:-42). 2. Without the Article (Kurios). 1. In direct reference: eleven times (Matthew 7:21,21,22,22; 12:8; 25:37,44; Mark 2:28; Luke 6:5,46,46). 2. In indirect reference: four times (Matthew 22: 43,45; Mark 12:37; Luke 20:44). 3. Used of Christ by others. 1. By His disciples: fifty-nine times (Matthew 8:21,25; 13:51; 14:28,30; 16:22; 17:4; 18:21; 26:22; [not one in Mark 2] Luke 1:43; 5:8; 9:54,57,59,61; 10:17,40; 11:1; 12:41; 13:23; 17:37; 19:8,34; 22:31,33,38,49; 23:42; 24:34; John 6:68; 9:36,38; 11:3,12,21,27,32,34,39; 13:6,9,25,36,37; 14:5,8,22; 20:2,13,18,20,25,28; 21:7,15,16,17,20,21). 2. By others than His disciples. 1. Rendered "Lord" eighteen times: twelve in Matthew (8:2,6,8; 9:28; 15:22,25,27-; 17:15; 20:30,31,38; 28:6); only twice in Mark 3 (7:28; 9:24); four times in Luke (2:11; 5:12; 7:6; 18:41); twice in John (6:34; 8:11). 2. Rendered "Sir" six times: John 4: 11,15,19,49; 5:7; 20:15 (Mary, addressing the supposed gardener). 3. By the Holy Spirit frequently in the narratives of the Evangelists. 4. Used of others than Christ. 1. With the Article (ho Kurios), emphasizing ownership. Occurs forty-two times: twenty-one times in Matthew (10:24,25; 15:-27; 18:25,27,31,32,34; 20:8; 21:40; 24:45,46,48,50; 25:18,19,21,21,23,23,26); twice in Mark (12:9; 13:35); sixteen times in Luke (12:36,37,-42,43,45,46,47; 14:21,23; 16:3,5,5,8; 19:33; 20:13,15); three times in John (13:16; 15:15,20). 2. Without the Article (Kurios). Generally in courtesy, emphasizing superior relationship. Occ. Nineteen times. Rendered "Lord" fourteen times (Matthew 18: 26; 25:11,11,20,22,24. Luke 13:8,25,25; 14:22; 19:16,18,20,25); "Master" twice (Matthew 6:24. Luke 16:13); "Sir" four times (Matthew 13:27; 21:30; 27:63. John 12:21). B. In the other books of the New Testament. 1. Used of Jehovah (Appendix 4. II), and printed "LORD" throughout; as in the Old Testament. 1. With the Article (ho Kurios). 1. In quotations from the Old Testament. Occurs ten times (Acts 2:25,34; 4:26; 7:33; 13:47; 15:17. Romans 15:11. 1Corinthians 10:26,28. Hebrews 8:11). 2. In other connections: Acts 2: 47. 2Corinthians 10:18. Hebrews 8:2; 12:14. James 5:-11. 2Peter 3:9,15. Jude 5. Revelation 11:15,21,22. 2. Without the Article (Kurios). 1. In quotations from, or references to, the Old Testament: Acts 2:20,21; 3:22; 7:30,31,37,49. Romans 4:8; 9:28,29; 10:13,16; 11:3,34; 12:19; 14:11. 1Corinthians 1:31; 2:16; 3:20; 14:21. 2Corinthians 6:17,18; 10:17. Hebrews 1:10; 7:21; 8:8,9,10; 10:16,30,30; 12:5,6; 13:6. 1Peter 1:25; 3:12,12. 2. In other connection: Acts 1: 24; 2:39; 5:9,19; 17:24. 2Corinthians 3:16. James 5:4,10,11-. 2Peter 2:9,11; 3:8,10. Jude 9,14. Revelation 4:8; 11:17; 15:3,4; 16:5,7; 18:8; 19:1,6; 22:5,6. 2. Used of Christ. 1. With the Article, as in Acts 2:-34. 2Corinthians 3:17-, etc. 2. Without the Article, as in 1Corinthians 8:6, etc. 2. Despotes. Like Kurios (i, above) it denotes owner; but it includes (when used of God) the exercise of more absolute, unlimited and despotic authority and power in heaven and on earth. It is derived from deo = to bind, and pous = the foot. It occurs ten times in the New Testament, and is rendered five times "Lord" ; and five times "Master" (see No. XIV. 2, below). 1. Used of Jehovah (Appendix 4. II) three times (Luke 2:29. Acts 4:24. Revelation 6:10). 2. Used of Christ, twice ( 2Peter 2:1. Jude 4). 3. Rabboni. Aramaic for the Hebrew Rabbi = my Master, or Teacher. See Appendix 94. III. 3. Occurs twice, once translated "Lord" (Mark 10: 51); and once transliterated "Rabboni" (John 20:16). 7. EMMANUEL. E MMANUEL. Hebrew `Immanuel = God (El) with us (Isaiah 7:14; 8:8). Used of Christ, Matthew 1:23, being another proof of His Deity (see No. VI. i. a. 2. A. a. b.). 8. MESSIAH. This is the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew Mashiah, with the same meaning, Anointed. Used twice of Christ (John 1: 41; 4:25). 9. CHRIST. This is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Mashiah. See No. VIII. Christos has the same meaning, from chrio , to anoint. Hence, the Noun is used of and for the Messiah, and in the Gospels should always be translated "Messiah", as well as in the Acts, and sometimes in the later books of the New Testament. 10. JESUS. Iesous is the same as the Hebrew Jehoshua, or the abbreviated form of Joshua (compare Hebrews 4: 8), and means [the] Salvation of Jehovah, or Jehovah [the] Saviour. The name "Jesus" expresses the relation of Jehovah to Him in Incarnation, by which "He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross" (Philippians. 2:8); Who, being God, did not deem His glory a thing not to be thus relinquished (see note on "robbery", Philippians 2:6). The name "Jesus" is the name associated with "the shame" which He endured in order to "save His People from their sins" (Matthew 1:21). His People therefore never addressed Him as "Jesus", but always as "Master" (No. XIV. v) or "Lord" (VI. i. a. 3). (John 13:13,14. Luke 6:46), and so should all His people to-day; not following the example of demons (Matthew 8:29), or of His enemies, who irreverently called Him "Jesus". 11. JESUS CHRIST. In the combination of these two names, the former is emphatic by its position, the second being subsidiary and explanatory. In the Gospels it means "Jesus the Messiah". In the Epistles it means Jesus Who humbled Himself but is now exalted and glorified as Christ. Care should be taken to note the various readings. 12. CHRIST JESUS. This is the converse of "Jesus Christ" (XI) and denotes the now exalted One, Who once humbled Himself. 13. CHRIST THE LORD. This is the Hebrew Mashiah J ehovah = Jehovah's Anointed, as in 1Samuel 24:6. Occasionally only in Luke 2:11; and with the Article = the Anointed of Jehovah, Luke 2:26. 14. MASTER. This title is the translation of eight distinct Greek words, which are all carefully distinguished in the notes. 1. Kurios (the same as No. VI. i. a. 2, 3, above). Is used of the Lord in Mark 13:35. Ephesians 6:9, and Colossians 4:1. Used of others (Matthew 6:24. Luke 16:13). See VI. i. a. 4. B., above. 2. Despotes, see No. VI. ii, above. It occurs ten times, and is rendered five times "Lord" (see VI. ii); and five times "Master", once of the Divine Master ( 2Timothy 2:21); and four times of human masters. 3. Oikodespotes = master of a house; housemaster. It occurs twelve times, and is used in Parables by the Lord of Himself seven times, and of others thrice: it is rendered four times "householder"; five times "goodman of the house"; and three times "master" (Matthew 10: 25. Luke 13:25; 14:21). Twice it is used of others than Christ (Mark 14:14. Luke 22:11). 4. Epistates = Commander. Occurs five times as addressed to the Lord (Luke 5: 5; 8:24,24,45; 9:33,49; 17:13). 5. Didaskalos = Teacher, or as we should say "Doctor". Occurs fifty-eight times, and is twice explained as meaning "Rabbi". See No. vii. page 144. 1. The Lord was addressed as Didaskalos (=Teacher), rendered "Master" thirty-one times; six times in Matthew (8:19; 12:38; 19:16; 22:16,24,36); ten times in Mark (4:38; 9:17,38; 10:17,20,35; 12:14,19,32; 13:1); twelve times in Luke (3:12; 7:40; 9:38; 10:25; 11:45; 12:13; 18:18; 19:39; 20:21,28,39; 21:7); three times in John (1:39; 8:4; 20:16). 2. The Lord spoken of as "Master" by Himself eight times: three times in Matthew (10: 24,25; 26:18); once in Mark (14:14); thrice in Luke (6:40,40; 22:11); once in John (13:14). 3. The Lord spoken of as "Master" by others than Himself six times: twice in Matthew (9: 11; 17:24); once in Mark (5:35); once in Luke (8:49); twice in John (11:28; 13:13). 4. Spoken of others than the Lord twice, and rendered "master" in John 3: 10. James 3:1. In other renderings once "doctor" (Luke 2:46), and ten times "teacher", once of the Lord (John 3:2), and nine times of human teachers (Acts 13:1. Romans 2:20. 1Corinthians 12:28,29. Ephesians 4:11. 1Timothy 2:7. 2Timothy 1:11; 4:3. Hebrews 5:12). 6. Kathegetes = A Guide or Leader. Used of the Lord by Himself three times (Matthew 23: 8,10,10). 7. Rabbi. The Hebrew term for "my Teacher", transliterated into Greek. Twice explained as meaning the same as the Greek Didaskalos (see XIV. v, page 143). Occurs seventeen times, and used as follows: 1. The Lord addressed as "Rabbi" five times (John 1:39,49; 3:2,26; 6:25). Rendered "Master" nine times (Matthew 26:25,49. Mark 9:5; 11:21; 14:45,45. John 4:31; 9:2; 11:8). 2. Used of others than the Lord four times (Matthew 23: 7,7,8. John 3:26). 8. Rabboni. Aramaic for Rabbi (see Appendix 94. III. 38). Occurs twice, once transliterated (John 20: 16); and once translated "Lord" (Mark 10:51). 15. THE SON OF GOD. This title expresses the relation of the Son to the Father (Matthew 1: 20. Luke 1:31,35); and of all those who are begotten of God (see note on Matthew 1:1. 1John 3:1). It differs therefore from the relationship expressed by "the Son of man", which relates to "dominion" in the earth (see XVI, below). As the Son of God, Christ is "the heir of all things" (Hebrews 1:2), and is invested with "all power", and is "the Resurrection and the Life" (John 11:25), having power to raise the dead (John 5:25). As "the Son of man", all judgment is committed to Him (John 5:27) in the earth. See on No. XVI, below. 16. THE SON OF MAN. This title, when used of Christ, always has the Article; and the word for man is anthropos (see Appendix 123. I). When used of a human being, as in Ezekiel, it never has the Article (see notes on Psalm 8:4, and Ezekiel 2:1). To the "first man, Adam" was given dominion over the works of the Creator (Genesis 1:26). Through the Fall (Genesis 3), this dominion was forfeited, and lost, and is now in abeyance; no one son of Adam having any right to universal dominion. Hence, all the chaos, "unrest", and conflicts between men and nations, which must continue until He shall come Whose right it is to rule in the earth (Ezekiel 21:27). The great enemy, who wrought all the mischief at the Fall, has tried, from time to time, to exercise this authority by setting up some human head. He tried Nebuchadnezzar, Alexander the Great, and others, and in later days Napoleon; but he will finally succeed for a brief period with the Antichrist, until "the second man", "the last Adam" (1Corinthians 15:45), "the Son of Man", to Whom all dominion in the earth has, in the counsels of God, been given, shall take unto Him His great power and reign. All this and more is contained in His title as "the Son of Man". Its first occurrence is in Psalm 8, where in verses 1 and 8 His connection with the "earth" is proclaimed; and "dominion" over it is given to Him. It denotes Him Who is "the heir of all things", in virtue of which all things shall one day be put under His feet. "But now we see not yet all things put under Him. But we see Jesus, Who was made a little lower than the angels", humbling Himself unto death, even the death of the Cross (compare Hebrews 2:8,9). In support of this the occurrences and distribution of this title in the New Testament are full of significance and instruction. (1) As to the occurrences. We find the expression eighty-eight times: Matthew 8:20; 9:6; 10:23; 11:19; 12:8,32,40; 13:37,41; 16:13,27,28; 17:9,12,22; 18:11; 19:28; 20:18,28; 24:27,30,30,37,39,44; 25:13,31; 26:2,24,24,45,64. Mark 2:10,28; 8:31,38; 9:9,12,31; 10:33,45; 13:26; 14:21,21,41,62. Luke 5:24; 6:5,22; 7:34; 9:22,26,44,56,58; 11:30; 12:8,10,40; 17:22,24,26,30; 18:8,31; 19:10; 21:27,36; 22:22,48,69; 24:7. John 1:51; 3:13,14; 5:27; 6:27,53,62; 8:28; 12:23,34,34; 13:31. Acts 7:56. Hebrews 2:6.4 Revelation 1:13; 14:14. On John 9:35 see note there. The first is in Matthew 8:20, where the first thing stated of, and by, the One Who humbled Himself is that in this same earth "the Son of man had not where to lay His head." The second, in like manner, is connected with the earth, and shows that He was God, as well as Man, having "authority on earth to forgive sins" (Matthew 9:6); and so the order of the occurrences may be carried out. Note, in this connection, the contrast between the relationship to mankind of the Lord, as "the Son of God", and as "the Son of man" in John 5:25-27. Compare Acts 10:40-42; 17:31. (2) As to the distribution of this title: out of the whole number (88), no less than 84 are in the Four Gospels, which contain the record of His coming for this special purpose; and of His rejection. They are all used by the Lord of Himself. After these 84 occurrences, we have one in the Acts (7:56) where Stephen sees Him "standing" as though not yet "set down", and waiting to be "sent" according to the promise of Jehovah by Peter in Acts 3:20 (compare Hebrews 10:13); and two in the Apocalypse (Revelation 1:13 and 14:14), where He comes to eject the usurper, and reign in righteousness over a restored earth. Hebrews 2:6 4 is a quotation from Psalm 8, which can only be realized by Him. This distribution of the title shows us that it has nothing whatever to do with "the Church of God"; and that those who belong to it have no relation to the Lord Jesus as "the Son of Man". They stand related to Him as "the Son of God". The distribution between the four separate Gospels is equally significant. In Matthew it occurs 32 times. Matthew 8:20 is the first occurrence in the New Testament, and it is interesting to contrast it with the last occurrence (Revelation 14:14). In the first He had "not where to lay His head", but in the last that head has on it "a golden crown", and in His hands is seen "a sharp sickle". With this He reaps in judgment the harvest of the earth, for the time to reap it will then have come. This is emphasized by the word "earth" being 6 times repeated in the verses 15,16,18,19. In Mark it occurs 14 times, which is twice seven; the two of testimony, and the seven of spiritual perfection of Jehovah's Servant. In Luke it occurs 26 times. In John it occurs 12 times, the number which stands associated with Divine governmental perfection. (See Appendix 10.) Similarly significant are the first and last occurrences in the Four Gospels respectively : the first being in connection with the humiliation of "the Son of man", and the last with His glorification. Compare Mathew 8:20 with 26:64; Mark 2:10 with 14:62; Luke 5:24 with 24:7; and John 3:13,14 with 13:31. Thus, while as "the Son of God" He is "the Heir of all things" (Hebrews 1:2), as "the Son of man" He is the Heir to that dominion in the earth which was entrusted to the first man, and forfeited by him. 17. THE SON OF ABRAHAM (Matthew 1: 1). Expresses the relation of the Son of man, as being heir to the land given to Abraham (Genesis 15:18-21). 18. THE SON OF DAVID (Matthew 1: 1. Luke 1:32, etc.). Expresses His relationship, as being the Heir to David's throne (2Samuel 7:12-16. Isaiah 11:1. Acts 2:29-32; 13:33-37. Revelation 5:5; 22:16). NOTES 1. These numbers refer to the Received Greek Text. In some cases there are various readings, but in most of them the difference consists in the omission of the article. Any important variations are referred to in the notes. 2. Because, in Mark, the presentation of the Lord is as "Jehovah's Servant"; and a servant is not usually addressed as Lord. See notes on page 1381. This is not a peculiarity of Mark, but shows the accuracy and perfection of this presentation by the Holy Spirit. 3. Once by a Gentile, the other being omitted by the Critical texts (though not by the Syr.). 4. The reference in Hebrews 2:6 is a quotation from Psalm 8:4, and refers to "the first man", Adam; and only by application to the Lord.