Article January 9, 1965 Issue

WORDS OF CURRENT INTEREST

[The words in this issue are related to the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly designated to be read in Christian Science churches on January 17, 1965.]

Manifold more (Luke 18:30) (man'i-fold—a as in add, i as in charity, o as in old). Although now obsolete as an adverb, when used as it is in this verse, the word "manifold" means many times, a great deal. The Twentieth Century New Testament renders, "many times as much."

I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil (Deut. 30: 15)

The word here rendered "good" can also mean welfare, prosperity, benefit, or happiness: while that translated "evil" has an equally broad meaning, signifying also distress, misery, calamity, or injury. Hence Smith suggests, "I put before you today life and prosperity, along with death and misfortune"; while Moffatt has, "Here have I put before you this day life and welfare, death and misfortune."

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