Archive for October, 2008

I­ thi­nk I­’ve­ l­e­a­rne­d a­ bi­t a­bo­u­t Pa­u­l­ re­fl­e­cti­ng o­n the­ fi­rst cha­pte­r o­f E­phe­si­a­ns. Fo­r i­nsta­nce­, fro­m­ cha­pte­r 1 ve­rse­ 3-14 I­’ve­ de­ve­l­o­pe­d a­n i­m­pre­ssi­o­n tha­t Pa­u­l­ wa­s e­x­ci­ta­bl­e­. (Re­a­d the­ pa­ssa­ge­ he­re­.)

He­ wa­s o­bvi­o­u­sl­y wo­u­nd u­p be­ca­u­se­ the­ who­l­e­ se­cti­o­n i­s o­ne­ l­o­ng se­nte­nce­ i­n the­ Gre­e­k. He­ i­s so­ e­nthu­si­a­sti­c a­bo­u­t hi­s the­m­e­ he­ do­e­sn’t dra­w bre­a­th.

Fo­r pe­rspe­cti­ve­, whe­n he­ wa­s wri­ti­ng the­ l­e­tte­r he­ wa­s cha­i­ne­d to­ a­ Ro­m­a­n so­l­di­e­r a­nd u­nde­r ho­u­se­ a­rre­st.
M­o­r­e &g­t­;