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Jesus met with the scribes and Pharisees as well as publicans an sinners. He even describes their prayers. I think Reuel said it well in the last paragraph of the original post.

Were have I ever said that I hate the term Rabbi or any term for that matter?

Rabbi simply means master and Jesus was one. John 1:38



And I like all of those terms and others such as saint, faithful, church, beloved, servant, elect and others as well.

I would like you to address the main thrust of my post:

If Christian = excretion of Christ

then why doesn't

Corinthians = excretion of Corinth?
Galatians = excretion of Galat?
Ephesians = excretion of Ephesus?
Colossians = excretion of Coloss?
Thessalonians = excretion of Thessalonica?

It seems more logical that Christian means resident of Christ or one who dwells in Christ. Just as Corinthian means a resident of Corinth or one who dwells in Corinth.

By the why I never claimed that Christian was not a term used to slam The Way. Baptist call themselves a term that was used to slam them. What man means for evil, God can use for good.



Where does it say that others were calling the believers Christians? From the text, we don't know who was using the term. Only that it was used.

David is not a translation. But, yes the transliteration/untranslated "David" does not bring the Hebrew meaning into the English.




Agreed, and if Melech Dovid was fully translated, it would be better reflected in the English as well.

The following was adopted from an article by: Jeff A. Benner.
The Hebrew word for a “name” is שם (shem, Strong's #8034). The Hebrew word נשמה (neshamah, Strong's #5397) is formed by adding the letters מ (m) and ה (h) to the word שם (shem). This word is used in Genesis 2:7 and means “breath”.
And the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and he blew in his nostrils the breath (נשמה) of life and the man became a living soul.
While the worldly mind simply sees “breath” as the exchange of air within the lungs, the Bible relates an understanding of “breath” in an entirely different way as can be seen in Job 32:8:
The wind within man and the breath (נשמה) of the Almighty teach them.
Our worldly understanding of breath does not easily grasp the concept that a breath can teach. The “breath” of both men and God has the ability to carry thought and emotion from a Biblical view point.
A “name” is a person’s “breath,” his character.
A common mistake when reading the Bible is to make a distinction between a name and a title. For example, “King David”, is often understood as containing the “name” “David” (an identifier) and his “title,” “King”. The Hebrew word דויד (david) literally means; “beloved”, or “one who loves” and is descriptive of David's character. The Hebrew word מלך (melek) literally means “ruler” or “one who rules”, and is also descriptive of David's character. The Hebrews made no such distinction between a name and a title. The phrase “King David” is Biblically understood as “the one who rules is the one who loves”, a very fitting title for the great benevolent king of Israel and the friend of God. Compare this to Melchizedek were king is left untranslated and is part of the name. It means “the one who rules is my righteousness.”
Bible names have meanings that are lost when untranslated into English. The Hebrew word אדם (adam, Strong's #120), means “man” and is also the name of the first man, Adam.
“The LORD God formed the man אדם (adam, Strong's #120) from the dust of the ground”. (Genesis 2.7)
Biblical understanding is enhanced when the connection between the “man” and his origin is established. When we place the meaning of the name back into the text, we can see the connection between the words in the verse.
And the LORD formed the אדם (Adam, Strong's #120) from the dust of אדמה (adamah, Strong's #127 - ground). (Genesis 2.7)
Below are a few other examples of the relationship between an individual's name and his function or role.
And she bore קין (Qayin/Cain, Strong's #7014) and she said I have קנה (Qanah, Strong's #7069 - acquired) a man. (Genesis 4:1)
And she bore a son and called his name שת (Sheyt/Seth, Strong's #8352) because God שית (Shiyt, Strong's #7896 - placed) a seed to replace Abel. (Genesis 4:25)
And he called his name נוח (No’ahh/Noah, Strong's #5146) saying he will נחם (Nahham, Strong's #5162 - comfort) us. (Genesis 5:29)
And to Eber were born two sons, the name of one is פלג (Peleg, Strong's #6389) because in his days the land was פלג (Palag, Strong's #6385- divided). (Genesis 10.25)
Because Bible readers have no understanding of the transliterated names, they convert the meaning and essence of the name into simple “identifiers” and the connections between the name and his or her function or role is lost to them.
If you have ever read John (not the guy with the blue ox) Bunion’s Pilgrim’s Progress you have a sense of how the Bible reads in regards to names of people and places. Everyone’s name was their function. i.e. Christian, Pilgrim, Worldly Wiseman, Obstinate, Evangelist, Slough of Despair, etc.

That hits the nail on the head.

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Our God said 3 Years not 2 years and one day. I guess I will be sticking with 3 years.

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Looks as though this is a fulfilling of the letter of the law and not the spirit. A Tree planted on the 14th in not a year older than a tree planted on the 15th. This is the sort of things that Jesus was against.