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diff --git a/faith/thou_shalt_not_suffer_witch_live.rst b/faith/thou_shalt_not_suffer_witch_live.rst index 84673d4..9cfddfe 100644 --- a/faith/thou_shalt_not_suffer_witch_live.rst +++ b/faith/thou_shalt_not_suffer_witch_live.rst @@ -299,6 +299,44 @@ was twofold. First of all, a wizard shall be put to death; they shall be stoned to death, their blood is upon them.” +--- + +My overall feeling is that this is mostly about divination, +predicting future, not much about for example healing magic. +Which is no surprise, because until way into the Enlightenment +the difference between the medical science and medical magic was +really ambiguous (or perhaps, a way longer). + +--- + +Another poorly translated verse: + +https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?t=kjv&strongs=g402 + +Many of them also which used curious arts G4021 brought their +books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted +the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. +(KJV) + +Large numbers of those who had practiced magic G4021 collected +their books and burned them up in the presence of everyone. When +the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty +thousand silver coins. (NET) + +Acts 19:19 + +The same word G4021 is then used in 1. Timothy 5:13: + +And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to +be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and +busybodies, talking about things they should not. + +(nothing nice, but it doesn’t seem like a witchcraft to me). + +Those are only two occurrences of the word in NT (and it is never +used in LXX). + +--- I have to admit |