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...
두 전쟁에 유사한 점들 여호수아 8 장에 나오는 이스라엘 백성들이 아이 성 사람들과의 전쟁에서 마침내 승리한 이야기와 사사기 20 장에 나오는 이스라엘 자손들이 자기들 동족인 베냐민 자손과의 전쟁에서 마침내 승리한 이야기의 비슷한 점들이 있습니다 : (1) 이스라엘 백성들은 매복을 했습니다 ( 수 8:4; 삿 20:9, 36). (2) 이스라엘 백성들은 ( 거짓으로 ) 패하는 척 했습니다 ( 수 8:15; 삿 20:31). (3) 아이 성 사람들이나 베냐민 자손들은 이스라엘의 유인 ( 작전 ) 또는 꾀임에 넘어갑니다 ( 수 8:6, 16; 삿 20:32).