1.2.3.15
Jesus is God's
servant
All of mankind are the servants of God. If a
man were to own another man then that man would be his servant.
Obviously this servant would be held in a lower regard than this
man's own children (or himself). We do not usually find people
telling their sons (or themselves): "come here my servant,"
or "Go over there my servant." Let us compare this with
what God has to say about Jesus (pbuh):
- Matthew 12:18: "Behold my servant, whom
I have chosen."
- Acts 3:13(RSV): "The God of Abraham,
and of Isaac,.... hath glorified his servant
Jesus."
- Acts 4:27(RSV): "For of a truth against
thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hast anointed...."
The Actual Greek word used is "pias"
or "paida" which mean; "servant, child, son, manservant." Some
translations of the Bible, such as the popular King James
Version, have translated this word as "Son" when it is
attributed to Jesus (pbuh) and "servant" for most everyone else,
while more recent translations of the Bible such as the Revised
Standard Version (RSV) now honestly translate it as "servant."
As we shall see in later chapters, the RSV was compiled by
thirty two Biblical scholars of the
highest eminence, backed by 50 cooperating Christian
denominations from the "most" ancient Biblical
manuscripts available to them today. Chances are that no matter
what your church or denomination you are able to name, that
church took part in the correction of the King James Version of
the Bible which resulted in the RSV.
The exact same word "pias"
is attributed to Jacob(Israel) in Luke 1:54 and
translated as "servant":
"He hath helped his servant Israel, in
remembrance of his mercy;."
It is also applied to King David
in Luke 1:69, and once again, it is translated as "servant":
"....the house of his servant David;"
(also see Acts 4:25).
However, when it is applied to Jesus (e.g.
Acts 3:13, Acts 4:27), NOW it is translated as "Son."
(notice that it is not only translated as "son" but as "Son".)
Why the double standard? Why the dishonest translation
techniques?
"And verily, among them is a party who
twist their tongues with the Scripture that you might think that
it is from the Scripture but it is not from the Scripture; and
they say, 'It is from Allah' but it is not from Allah; and they
speak a lie against Allah while [well] they know it!"
The noble Qur'an, A'al-Umran(3):78
"The Messiah will never scorn to be a
servant of Allah, nor will the favored angels. Whosoever scorns
His service and is proud, all such will He assemble unto Him;
Then as for those who believed and did good works, unto them
will he pay their wages in full and shall increase them from His
bounty. [But] as for those who were scornful and proud, He shall
punish hem with a painful torment, nor will they find for
themselves other than Allah any ally or champion"
The noble Qur'an, Al-Nissa(4):172-174
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