Matthew 11:12 (SV) From the time of John the Baptist to the present day, the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent have taken it by force. No, sir, you are absolutely wrong. I think you are the one who has to check your interpreting skills. This is one of the best written sermons I have read. This is an absolutely accurate interpretation of the word. I think that was exactly what Jesus meant when he mentioned violence. It`s positive aggressiveness and forward movement. It is a way of thinking and a capacity that many, many Christians and preachers have difficulty grasping. As Jesus says, it is impossible to possess the kingdom and its blessings without exercising spiritual power. We must learn to train our spiritual muscles and keep pushing until we possess what belongs to us completely and decisively. God bless Warfield.
According to the principle of synthesis,[14] this makes much more sense. This verse has nothing to do with believers taking the kingdom of heaven “by force.” The passage refers to the negative behavior of those who would oppose Jesus. This is not an encouragement for followers of Christ to “be more aggressive,” and it is certainly not a body of evidence to justify violence. [8] In the last 20 years, 4,000 papyri have been discovered in Ephesus alone! Nyland, 2003. I believe that the context and all of Jesus` other teachings best support a passive interpretation of a kingdom suffering from violence on the part of those who would oppose it. Jesus` suffering kingdom succeeds in a way that this world and, frankly, we ourselves have not yet begun to understand. [3] Matthew 11:12 (TYN) From the Tyme of Ihon Baptist hytherto you kyngdome of heve suffreth Violence, and those who go there by force tear it away vnto them. I was exposed to three different views on this passage and found them all unsatisfying with different but equally disturbing implications: Revealing! Even though I didn`t quite understand the passage, I never took it to condone physical violence. I always thought it was natural/spiritual resistance for me to experience the reality of the kingdom. I had to be vigilant and vigilant to understand the inheritance that Christ bought for us through the cross. Assignment of eph 6. Anyway, very interesting.
Thank you very much. Great blog. I came to the same understanding through a “back door,” if you will. The O.C. Still in force, entrusting the kingdom to Israel, the violence of the wicked stopped people from a relationship. John B. pointed the finger at the one who would lead in a new way. [12] “Ein im Wind geschütteltes Schilfrohr”. Jesus was probably referring to mocking comments in the church, the source of which was the religious establishment. He sends them back the “community gossip”. John is more than what the religious establishment has told them.
The problem is that the verse can be read passively (the kingdom undergoes violence) or can be read in the Greek middle voice (the kingdom advances violently). Then the next sentence (KJV): The violent take it with violence (the violent try to annihilate it), seems to portray the kingdom as a victim in this world, not as a victor. But Jesus was extremely confident in the victory of his kingdom. NOTE: When our “receive” ends with “receive,” it has not achieved its full purpose, which is to enable us to fulfill our spiritual destiny. Some situations need urgency and violence so that they can be resolved when you look at the Bible verse we are examining. [2] The New Greek English Interlinear, United Bible Society, 4th edition with the new revised standard version. Based on these translations, didn`t Simon Peter simply obey the Lord by being a violent man trying to conquer the kingdom by force when he cut off Malchus` ear (John 18:10)? Of course not. Jesus told him to put away the sword. These translations and their typical applications simply don`t hold water. The fact that there are differences between translators gives us its own warning: difficulty ahead. It is always a mistake to be rigid or to do many things on the basis of a dark and difficult passage. This passage has been causing interpretive heartburn for centuries.
How can this confused Messiah and his suffering way of working in the world fit into this passage? How can He have such absolute confidence in His mission, His work, and His kingdom and at the same time say that the kingdom of heaven will suffer violence, and then seem to turn around and seem to be saying that if you want to understand the kingdom of heaven, you must supposedly take it by force? 23. And you, who have ascended yourselves to heaven, not even from Chorazin and Bethsaida, it is said. For since Jesus had his declared abode in Capernaum for the duration of his public life spent in Galilee, it was the most popular place on earth, the most sublime in privileges. will have descended into hell, for if the mighty works that were done in you had been done in Sodom, destroyed because of its impurities. He would have stayed until today, after he would not have done such violence to the conscience and would thus have attracted much less guilt. Matthew 11:12 (CJB) From the time of Yochanan the Diver to the present, the kingdom of heaven has suffered from violence; Yes, violent people are trying to tear it off. Moulton and Milligan`s eight-volume Greek New Testament vocabulary is an excellent source. I have a copy myself. They spent 15 years setting it up. [6] As good as it is, it has no entries for 17% of the words of the New Testament! Of the words they contained, 800 had no documentary evidence to support their definitions. The work was actually obsolete before it was published! [7] Thousands of papyrus fragments have been discovered since their noble efforts, and thousands more are discovered every year.
[8] All of these new discoveries shed light on the scriptures, and Matthew 11:12 is one of those beneficiaries. 1. And it happened that when Jesus had ceased to command his twelve disciples, rather “the twelve disciples,” he went out of there to teach and preach in their cities, it was hardly a fourth circle, judging by the less formal manner in which it was expressed, but perhaps a series of visits to certain places. either not reached before, or passed too quickly to fill the time until the return of the Twelve. Our evangelist says nothing about their work about them. But Luke (Luke 9:6) says, “They went away and passed through the cities” or “villages,” “preached the gospel and healed everywhere.” Mark (Mark 6:12 Mark 6:13) is, as usual, more explicit: “And they went out and preached that men should repent. And they cast out many demons (demons) and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them. Although this “anointing with oil” was not mentioned in our Lord`s instructions, at least in their records, we know that it was practiced long after in the apostolic church (see James 5:14 and compare Mark 6:12 Mark 6:13)—not medically, but as a sign of the healing virtue communicated by their hands. and a symbol of something even more precious.