“ARCHAIC
WORDS? “ARCHAIC
WORDS?
NO! JUST ENGLISH
WORDS WITH DEEPER,
RICHER MEANINGS”
Q: “Look! I use the New King
James Version and I’m a
Christian … so what’s wrong with that?”
A: “Even blind chickens peck
up some corn
occasionally.”
Mrs Johnson goes to Doctor
Near’nuff …
“Well Mrs Johnson, we’ve
taken some brain scans and
I’m reading this Medical Dictionary to see what’s wrong with you … but
I don’t
like the big words … too hard! Look Mrs Johnson take
these
Panadols for three weeks and then come back and see me if it doesn’t
improve.”
Mmmmmm?
Mrs Johnson rings the
Medical Registration Board:
“Hello, I’ve just been to
Dr. Near’nuff … is he
qualified?”
Three Bibles
examples are ‘thrice’, ‘besought’, ‘throughly’
1. Dear Reader, when Paul
speaking of his thorn in the
flesh … instead of saying “… I besought
the Lord thrice …” (2 Corinthians 12:8) … why
didn’t Paul use
easy to understand language and simply say “ … I asked the Lord
three
times …”
But once again, this is the
argument of those that
would pull down God’s language to the level of the Easy Read Version …
the New
King James Version … the Blind Chicken Version (BCV).
When it comes to the choice
and depth of meaning of
words, the New King James Version (BCV) is like a custard
skin …
THIN!
But of course, that is to
be accepted, as users of
the NKJV can only digest milk, rarely grow up into adulthood, and avoid
eating
the meat of the word (1 Corinthians 3:2)
Question: Why would God use the
word “thrice” instead of
the word “three” (2 Corinthians 12:7)
Answer: The word ‘thrice” is used
for emphasis of
the number of times Paul presents his case to the Lord.
The word ‘three’ is like
the word ‘thrice’ … but it
lacks punch … it’s like a balloon without air … as ‘thrice’
conveys intensity.
Paul could have said “I asked
the Lord three
times …” but this takes away the urgency and forcefulness that Paul
would
convey.
Q: “Oh Paul, when did you ask
the first time?”
Paul: “Oh … about ten months ago
… I think.”
Q: “What about the second
time?”
Paul: “Similar … about two
months ago … I’ve forgotten.”
Q: “And the third time?”
Paul: “Oh … last week I think.”
From the above, one would
get the impression that
Paul was pretty indifferent to the whole thing … you know … you could
hear Paul
saying “I’m pretty relaxed about the whole thing … my thorn in the
flesh
doesn’t really bother me.”
But when the word “thrice”
is used, the reader gets
a sense of Paul’s urgency and intensity of his seeking
being
fairly close together.
Paul: “I pleaded once, then
twice, and now thrice!”
… conveying quick succession.
2. Another archaic word is “besought”
… a
similar thing.
Q: Why didn’t Paul say “I
asked the Lord …”.
A: He didn’t … as besought conveys urgency,
pleading, begging.
The word “besought” is a
form of the word “beseech”
which is to implore, beg, fervent, urging, entreating
Also Paul is not just
saying that he asked the Lord
to take this thing away from him … the “it” (2 Corinthians 12:8) … the
physical
infirmity besetting him … his myasthenia gravis of the eyes … his
physical
deformity affliction that affected his eyes … a drooping of one or both
eyelids
… he is on his knees with this thing … humbling himself before the Lord
and
entreating God’s mercy to take it away.
3. Another word is “throughly”.
Q: Why not use ‘thoroughly’
instead?
A: When you wash up the
dishes, you wash them thoroughly
… meaning to clean them on the outside … but you don’t wash
them thoroughly … that is … on the inside.
If you did, you would be
scratching away the enamel
porcelain to wash the inside made of hardened pottery … as that would
be to
wash them throughly.
Here are some Bible
examples:
a. “And they said one to
another, Go to, let us make
brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone,
and slime
had they for morter.” (Genesis 11:3)
Bricks, when made, are
burned right the way through
… not just thoroughly on the outside.
b. “Wash me throughly
from mine iniquity, and
cleanse me from my sin.” (Psalm 51:2)
Similarly, when a man get
saved to today, he is purged
from sin on the inside … his conscience and his soul (Hebrews 9:14).
God doesn’t just fix up his
outward behaviours.
c. And here’s Paul talking to
the Corinthians:
“But though I be rude in
speech, yet not in
knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you
in all
things.” (2 Corinthians 11:6)
Meaning? “You know me on
the inside as well
… I have not just put on an outside show for you. You know I am not a
hypocrite
… saying one thing and being another on the inside!”
Ah!
Dear
Reader, the CUSTARD SKIN BIBLE … the BLIND CHICKEN VERSION …
the
‘wonderful’ NEW (Acts 17:21) King James Version …
NO! It’s
a complete new watered down translation.
BCV users are
like the SEVEE’S … the Seventh Day
Adventists … they coat-tail onto where the Christians have been
… pretending
to be the same.
People
using their NKJV … the BCV … are simply saying
“We are
excusing ourselves from Paul’s sound doctrine and Bible study (Jeremiah
5:21).”
Their
excuse “We are just bone-lazy!”
Definition
of Bone-Lazy:
“Extremely
lazy; a bum; a do-nothing; an idler; a loafer; a person who does no
work”.
There is a
syndrome called the BONE LAZY SURFACE SKIMMERS (BLSS).
NKJV users
exemplify … and are the very product of what they study … skimming
over
things … near nuff good’n nuff … “I got other things to do as
well as read
the Bible”.
But people
find time for anything they want.
Similarly,
those who say that the King James Bible is the best translation
… they are
blind chickens as well … attempting to know the Bible thoroughly
… but not
throughly.
Similarly,
churches that accommodate the NKJV (BCV) … they are BLSS.
Too harsh?
Nah! Not harsh enough! We must remember we are dealing with milky
babies
(Hebrews 5:13; 1 Corinthians 3:2)
Put it this
way Dear Readers … as someone once said …
“… when
ye know, that ye know, that ye
know, that ye know … YE KNOW!!!”
(2 Peter 3:17)
Harley
Hitchcock
October
2024
This
website’s front page is:
www.
#8 “THE
‘ORIGINALS’ ”
Winner
winner … Chicken dinner!
