Article January 7, 1961 ISSUE

WORDS OF CURRENT INTEREST

[The words in this issue ore related to the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly designated to be read in Christian Science churches on January 15, 1961.]

That your joy may be full (I John 1:4)

Two of the earliest Greek manuscripts and several early and important versions read chara hemon, "our joy," instead of chara human, "your joy." The verb rendered "be full" can also mean "be completed, perfected, realized, fulfilled."

Go to (James 4:13)

One authority observes that, as employed in the King James Version, "go to" is "a mild imperative, used to introduce an exhortation or command, and having the force of 'Come' in 'Come, let us go' (I Sam. 9:10)."

It is even a vapour (James 4:14)

The Greek may be literally translated, "For you are a vapor" (or, more strictly, "a mist"). Good-speed has, "You are just a mist."

Talitha cumi (Mark 5:41)

(tal'i-tha koo'me—first a as in add, second as in sofa, i as in is, oo as in food, e as in event). In Britain, the final syllable of this Aramaic phrase is often pronounced mi—i as in ice.

Entities

(en'ti-tiz—e as in end, first i as in charity, second as in is). "Entity" is defined as "being; existence."

Sychar (John 4:5)

(si'kar—i as in ice, a as in arm). A village in Samaria near the plot of ground which Jacob acquired from "the children of Hamor, Shechem's father" (Gen. 33:19 ) and left to his son Joseph and his family (Josh. 24:32).

Living water (John 4:10)

The people of Palestine generally used the phrase "living water" to describe fresh running water from a spring or stream, as opposed to water collected in cisterns (see Jer. 2:13), which was apt to become stagnant. The word pege, rendered "well" in verse 6, means literally "spring." It is clear that the Samaritan woman took the phrase "living water" in its usual meaning, while Jesus gave it a spiritual sense.

Sometimes (Eph. 5:8)

The Greek word pote means "once," or, "at one time," rather than "occasionally," so often associated in modern English with "sometimes."

Arbiter

(ar'bi-ter—a as in arm, i as in is, e as in maker). A person having the power to decide a matter in dispute; a judge; any person having an absolute or uncontrolled power of judging and determining, ordaining, or ruling.

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