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Hey everyone - I have reading assignment. Would you all read Matthew 16:13-20 and post your thoughts and comments. I am writting and exegesis paper on this passage and would like your input. Thanks, Jeremy
Dan McVey talked alot about the setting of this passage...gives great insight into it. There do not seem to be many word study needs. I would investigate the words, "build", church, gates, overcome, bind, and loose. Is this the first usage of the word church? What would that word have meant for the disciples? I have noted in the margin of my bible: Jesus' offensive strategy. Whether this means that the church is protected from hell's distruction, or that hell cannot keep the church from rescuing people from it's grip...is an important outcome of the study. I lean to the latter interpretation. Just thoughts. What a great passage to be putting under a magnifying glass. vic
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Jeremy,
Pretty busy schedule today but I will start working on this.
Thank you for your time Alice. I Look forward to your insights.
Jeremy,
It's pretty long, do you want me to just email you?
Yeah - Email would be fine. My email address is Jws04a@acu.edu.
Thanks,
Jeremy
Dan McVey talked alot about the setting of this passage...gives great insight into it. There do not seem to be many word study needs. I would investigate the words, "build", church, gates, overcome, bind, and loose. Is this the first usage of the word church? What would that word have meant for the disciples? I have noted in the margin of my bible: Jesus' offensive strategy. Whether this means that the church is protected from hell's distruction, or that hell cannot keep the church from rescuing people from it's grip...is an important outcome of the study. I lean to the latter interpretation.
Just thoughts. What a great passage to be putting under a magnifying glass.
vic
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