Jesus popularised the language and morality of the OT, by means of the famous parables. As I have said, it is unfortunate that the literal import of these is irrelevant today although the metaphorical import is as good as when and where the author told the stories.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:30 pmHardly a problem. The entire New Testament is written in Koine Greek, which was the common language of the civilized world at that time. Modern people have unparallelled access to that language. It's very translatable, and in fact, you can find excellent aids to doing so yourself online, if you wish.Belinda wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:21 amBecause He has not used explicit English, or any modern vernacular.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:28 pm
Why not? If there's a Supreme Being, why would you doubt He is capable of communicating, a thing ordinary people do every day?
Here you go: https://biblehub.com/
It is asking too much of lay people to study ancient Greek, or even Biblical hermeneutics.