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I am actually not sure that the author of Matthew wrote in Greek. While we may not know the original language in which the gospel of Matthew is written, it is w
by zkhalique 12y ago
I am actually not sure that the author of Matthew wrote in Greek. While we may not know the original language in which the gospel of Matthew is written, it is written for a Jewish audience and seems to be one of the most colorful, with e.g. many dead saints coming back to life, begging the question of why no one else bothered to write about this stuff. In any event, if this did indeed happen then it's another example of something that doesn't fit our worldview today that nevertheless can take place, like black swans and freak waves.
On a related note, the Hebrew word for "wife" and "woman" are the same. And the same is true of Greek. So quotes of Jesus such as http://biblehub.com/matthew/5-28.htm http://biblehub.com/matthew/5-28.htm are probably mistranslated, since it doesn't make sense that two unmarried people can commit adultery, so it's likely that the original word was "wife". And yet because of these translations so many young people's sexual desires were repressed so that they might not look lustfully at any woman, married or not. Whenever I ask other Christians about this kind of stuff, they never seem to have a good answer but continue to insist that it should be "woman", and that young men should still not look with lust at any woman.
- maaku 12y agoBut the earliest source we have for Matthew are Greek.
- olavk 12y agoThere are no evidence that Matthew was originally written in anything other than Greek. But Jesus probably spoke in Aramaic (not Hebrew), so the sayings in the text would be a translation, but probably translated while still an oral tradition.
- zkhalique 12y agoOf course there is evidence that Matthew was originally written in Hebrew. http://hebrewgospel.com/Matthew%20Two%20Gospels%20Main%20Evidence.php http://hebrewgospel.com/Matthew%20Two%20Gospels%20Main%20Evi... http://hebrewgospel.com/Matthew%20Two%20Gospels%20More%20Evidence.php http://hebrewgospel.com/Matthew%20Two%20Gospels%20More%20Evi... I don't know if it is enough to in the end establish that for sure, but how do you not call it evidence?
- bgilroy26 12y agoIf you are plugging in the colloquial meaning of the word lust, the sayings don't make a lot of sense because in the US in 2015, there are few public limits on lustful gazing. It takes a classical understanding of lust for the classical interdiction to make sense: https://www.google.com/search?site=&source=hp&ei=9aidVJHyC8OlgwTLmITQBw&q=Lust+site%3Anewadvent.org&oq=Lust+site%3Anewadvent.org https://www.google.com/search?site=&source=hp&ei=9aidVJHyC8O...