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The phrase from which itching ears originates in the original Greek is κνηθόμενοι τὴν ἀκοήν (knēthomenoi tēn akoēn). κνηθόμενοι, the translation for having an itching ear, is a present participle, signifying a present, continual action occurring. [2] ἀκοήν translates to ear, or a sense of hearing. The use ...
Religious practitioners in various traditions have found spiritual benefits from voluntarily bringing upon themselves additional pain and discomfort through corporal mortification. One extreme example of redemptive suffering, which existed in the 13th and 14th centuries in Europe , was the Flagellant movement.
It is a common phrase, To speak in one’s ear, that is, to speak to him privately." [3] Rabanus Maurus: "And what He says, Preach ye upon the housetops, is spoken after the manner of the province of Palestine, where they use to sit upon the roofs of the houses, which are not pointed but flat. That then may be said to be preached upon the ...
Healing the ear of a servant is one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels. [1] Even though the incident of the servant's ear being cut off is recorded in all four gospels , Matthew 26:51 ; Mark 14:47 ; Luke 22:51 ; and John 18:10–11 ; the servant and the disciple are named as Malchus and Simon Peter only in John.
The verse is similar to Mark 9:47, and a version much closer to that in Mark appears at Matthew 18:9. [1] This verse, along with the next one, is the most extreme part of the Sermon on the Mount. R. T. France notes that the severity of this verse is unparalleled in the contemporary literature. [2] It advocates an action that is extremely drastic.
Matthew 5:30 is the thirtieth verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. Part of the section on adultery, it is very similar to the previous verse, but with the hand mentioned instead of the eye. For a discussion of the radicalism of these verses see Matthew 5:29.
Matthew 5:35 and Matthew 5:36 are the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth verses of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. They are part of the Sermon on the Mount. These verses are part of either the third or fourth antithesis, the discussion of oaths.
Psalm 38 is the 38th psalm of the Book of Psalms, entitled "A psalm of David to bring to remembrance", [1] is one of the 7 Penitential Psalms. [2] In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint version of the Bible, and in the Latin Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 37.