Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Luke 11

Luke 11:27-28
Keeping the Word

27
And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!”
28 But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

"Keep it" sounds like "obey and practice it", as what the Amplified Bible says. But the Message's definition of "keep it" is "guard it with their lives".

But the Hebrew word for "keep" here is Phulasso (lasso?). And it means:

to guard
  1. to watch, keep watch
  2. to guard or watch, have an eye upon: lest he escape
  3. to guard a person (or thing) that he may remain safe
    1. lest he suffer violence, be despoiled, etc. to protect
    2. to protect one from a person or thing
    3. to keep from being snatched away, preserve safe and unimpaired
    4. to guard from being lost or perishing
    5. to guard one's self from a thing
  4. to guard i.e. care for, take care not to violate

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