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From: crowe@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Daniel Crowe)
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Subject: Re: Transubstantiation/Power of God
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Date: 3 Dec 89 18:29:32 GMT
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>In article <Nov.23.23.14.00.1989.27545@athos.rutgers.edu>, nanovx!news@gatech.edu (Network News) writes:
>>I've read that Body of Christ is extremely poor translation of the Greek.
>>"Body" should be translated, from what I've read, the whole person;

In article <Nov.29.00.39.34.1989.26031@athos.rutgers.edu> bjstaff@zds-ux.UUCP (Brad Staff) writes:
>I had to check this out.  I was able to find four places in the NT where the
>Lord's Supper is described:  Matthew 26:26, Mark 14:22, Luke 22:19, and
>1 Corinthians 11:24.  I then went to my Greek/English/NIV interlineal NT
>and looked at the original language.  In each case the word translated "body"
>was the Greek "soma" (sigma omega mu alpha).  From my understanding of Greek
>(which is less than stellar :-)), English "body" is a very good translation of
>Greek "soma".  Sorry.

I am not certain as to the correct translation of soma, though I tend to
agree with Brad.

I discovered the following interesting fact during my word study, however:

The word "soma" is derived from "sozo" (pronounced "sode'-zo") which
means "to save".  "Sozo" appears 110 times in the NT.  The words
translated from "sozo" are capitalized in the examples that follow:

     "She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name
     Jesus, because he WILL SAVE his people from their sins."
                                 (Matthew 1:21, NIV)

     "She said to herself, 'If I only touch his cloak, I WILL BE HEALED'"
                                 (Matthew 9:21, NIV)

     "For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I
     SHALL BE WHOLE" (Matthew 9:21, KJV)

I will refrain from deriving any implications as to the significance
of the relationship between "soma" and "sozo" since I am but a novice
at Greek.  Perhaps a Greek scholar might be able to shed some light
on this subject (if there is any light to be shed).

Your brother in Christ,

-- 
Daniel (God is my judge) | "Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to
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crowe@sci.ccny.cuny.edu  |  life that God desires." (James 1:19-20,NIV)