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Question on Sermon on the Mount
DuluthGA:
Hi all, I just checked the KJV with Strongs at the Crosswalk Bible Study Tools site, and the definition given for the Greek "ochlos" is
#1 a crowd
#2 a casual collection of people
There are more definitions that follow.
With praise to Him, Janice
gmik:
Hi. A crowd vs. a casual collection of people seem to be different to me.
Ex/ I had a "casual collection of people" over for dinner.
or
There was a crowd protesting the war.
If Jesus was teaching the "casual collection"-that could be the disciples.
How did the crowds/throngs/multitudes hear about it??
Kat:
Hi Gena,
--- Quote ---If Jesus was teaching the "casual collection"-that could be the disciples.
How did the crowds/throngs/multitudes hear about it??
--- End quote ---
What it seems like to me, after hearing Ray talk about how the multitudes followed Jesus around. When He started His preaching, He was also healing.
Mat 4:24 So His fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought Him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, epileptics, and paralytics, and He healed them.
He became very well known for His healing the people. Can you imagine how it must have spread to all the area about this Man that healed everybody!
But they did not know what He looked like, they did not have pictures, people knew of Him, but did not know what He looked like. So He could move about to some degree without people realizing who He was, at first anyway.
I think the people were not that interested in hearing Him preach, they didn't even understand what He was saying. They came to be healed! And maybe sometimes they had to wait around and listen to Him preach, before He would start healing them.
So I think people came from all around just to be healed. They would come to an area where they heard He was and wait around for Him to start healing.
That's just what I think.
mercy, peace, and love
Kat
gmik:
Yes Kat. I agree. Healing was most on their minds and a physical kingdom to overthrow Rome.
DuluthGA:
Hi, Well I've noticed both Hebrew and Greek words may have many and various meanings. For example the Hebrew for 'rib' that Ray recently told us about is "tsela."
When checking the Strongs [again at Crosswalk Bible Tools as that's what I always use], here's the listing:
side, rib, beam
rib (of man)
rib (of hill or ridge)
side-chamber or cells
rib, plank, board
leaves (of door)
side (of ark)
And further down we learn how many times that word was translated as many of these.
So I would take the definition of a 'casual collection of people' as accurate and at face value.
Peace and joy, Janice
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