Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Nation Against Nation (Matthew 24:7)

καὶ πολεμήσει ἔθνος πρὸς ἔθνος καὶ πόλις πρὸς πόλιν, ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἐξέστησεν αὐτοὺς ἐν πάσῃ θλίψει. (2 Chronicles 15:6 LXX)

ἐγερθήσεται γὰρ ἔθνος ἐπὶ ἔθνος καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν καὶ ἔσονται λιμοὶ καὶ σεισμοὶ κατὰ τόπους (Mt. 24:7)

Not exactly alike, but there are possible resemblances here, it seems.

1 comment:

Duncan said...

This gives some clues as the relationship of the language & just how similar it really is.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GCj09AmtvvwC&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109&dq=near+eastern+city+kings&source=bl&ots=d3zxX3ASH4&sig=26Yyj-E8PMpZQF3CQgF1-InJJNk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZx_TLhuDJAhVBiRoKHWsUDDUQ6AEIRTAH#v=onepage&q=near%20eastern%20city%20kings&f=false

Conflict in the micro and the macro.