Article October 12, 1940 Issue

Bible Notes

[The Biblical citations given in the Christian Science Quarterly are from the Authorized King James Version. The Bible Notes in this column can be used, if deemed necessary, to elucidate some of the words or passages contained in the Bible Lessons.]

"My servant shall deal prudently" (Isa. 52:13)—The Hebrew verb which is here rendered "deal prudently" has various shades of meaning, which include "to have insight, understanding, or intelligence" and "to prosper." The Septuagint offers the following translation of the verse: "Behold, my servant shall understand, and be exalted and glorified exceedingly."

"Who hath believed our report?" (Isa. 53:1)—The word which is here translated "report" is sometimes used idiomatically in the sense of "the report which reached us," rather than in that of "the report which we gave." A literal rendering of the Syriac version would be: "Who will believe what we have heard?"

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