tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post4653850891797738800..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: Misquoting Matthew 23:37 or Luke 13:34Turretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-20746640336933348462011-09-20T19:49:03.833+01:002011-09-20T19:49:03.833+01:00Good catch!Good catch!turretinfannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-25621067159333867442011-09-19T04:44:19.199+01:002011-09-19T04:44:19.199+01:00Here is another one to add to your list. This come...Here is another one to add to your list. This comes from the Formula of Concord - The Solid Declaration, section XI- election, part 41<br /><br />"41] For few receive the Word and follow it; the greatest number despise the Word, and will not come to the wedding, Matt. 22, 3ff The cause for this contempt for the Word is not God’s foreknowledge [or predestination], but the perverse will of manCary Vossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-43003214782661531832009-11-14T23:20:33.851+00:002009-11-14T23:20:33.851+00:00If it was certain and made a part of the "can...If it was certain and made a part of the "cannon" it ought not be a surprise that God sends His servants and witnesses such as you are TF to reprove the error of our ways:::><br /><br />Joh 3:9 Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?" <br />Joh 3:10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? <br />Joh 3:11Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-23873738702577789572009-11-13T20:40:04.007+00:002009-11-13T20:40:04.007+00:00Yes, I would be interested in reading it, thanks :...Yes, I would be interested in reading it, thanks :)Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126868703568627388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-7431682640830056262009-11-13T19:06:21.771+00:002009-11-13T19:06:21.771+00:00Jennie:
If you haven't read it yet, you may b...Jennie:<br /><br />If you haven't read it yet, you may be interested in the very detailed discussion of Matthew 23:37 that I typed up a couple of years ago (<a href="http://turretinfan.blogspot.com/2007/03/exegesis-of-matthew-2337.html" rel="nofollow">link</a>).<br /><br />-TurretinFanTurretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-18914412839618355762009-11-13T19:03:26.371+00:002009-11-13T19:03:26.371+00:00I'm glad you brought this up, because I have a...I'm glad you brought this up, because I have always thought of the passages as Jesus mourning over Jerusalem; I guess the error has been passed down. Though I think Jesus was mourning over the children of Jerusalem, and also condemning the leaders and all who followed them.Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126868703568627388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-36247220442922194332009-11-13T18:56:30.608+00:002009-11-13T18:56:30.608+00:00Jennie,
That is a good question. It happens ofte...Jennie,<br /><br />That is a good question. It happens often enough that if these guys were church fathers, we'd speculate that there was a textual variant.<br /><br />Since they are more modern, we almost wonder whether they had a different version of the Bible - but they did not.<br /><br />In most cases, we can chalk it up to a simple error of memory. In some cases, that error of memory Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-29954128681152561812009-11-13T18:18:55.702+00:002009-11-13T18:18:55.702+00:00I wonder why these men and others are so prone to ...I wonder why these men and others are so prone to misquote these passages; was it a common paraphrase that they were used to hearing? They were all men that ought to have known what the passages actually said. <br />There is definitely a difference in meaning, if you assume that the children of Jerusalem were possibly being prevented from being gathered under Jesus' wings by Jerusalem Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126868703568627388noreply@blogger.com