When Human Beings Declare Spiritual Bankruptcy by Saying, “We Cannot Save Ourselves,” God Performs the Miracle of Salvation by Passing Camel-Like Sinners Through the Eye of a Needle “Jesus looked at him and said, ‘How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.’ Those who heard it said, ‘Then who can be saved?’ But He said, ‘The things that are impossible with men are possible with God’” (Luke 18:24–27). (1) As I read today’s passage, Luke 18:24–27, first in the Korean Bible and then in the Greek New Testament, the very first thing that caught my attention was the phrase “ὁ Ἰησοῦς [περίλυπον γενόμενον]” (ho Iēsous [perilypon genomenon]), which is not translated in the Korean Bible. What does this expression mean, and why was it omitted from...
믿지 않을 때에 모르고 한 짓 원정까지 와서 군중들을 선동하며 소란을 피우는 예수 그리스도의 복음과 복음 전파자의 대적자들의 열심을 생각할 때 사울이 생각났습니다 ( 사도행전 17:13). 사울은 교회를 열심으로 박해를 했었는데 그것은 그가 예수 그리스도를 믿지 않을 때에 모르고 한 짓이었습니다 ( 빌립보서 3:6; 디모데전서 1:13, 현대인의 성경 ). 십자가상에서의 예수님의 기도가 생각납니다 : " ' 아버지 , 저 사람들을 용서해 주십시오 . 저들은 자기들이 하는 일을 모르고 있습니다 "( 누가복음 23:34, 현대인의 성경 ).