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SA> "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and SA> bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: SA> SA> - Revelation 13:16-17 Good, you quoted an older translation -- the modren ones all say "on their right hand" (instead of "in"); I checked with my Greek scholar friends, and apparently, although Greek is very particular in its verbs & nouns, it's not so specific with prepositions, and both are accurate translations of the text, but I find it significant that the oldest translators used "in" while the modern ones, when we know about implanted chips, use "on" (normal exegesis has ambiguous Greek translated according to the traditionally chosen options) It's especially insidious that the King James is rendered differently, considering it's supposed to be true to the 1611 translation! Because I care, |<+]::-) (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!)) (aka Reverend George A. Pope) ... nfx v3.1 --- SBBSecho 2.11-Win32* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS 501-223-2541 tbolt.synchro.net (1:382/33) SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 5030/786 @PATH: 382/33 61 140/1 106/2000 633/267 |
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