For those who want to know what Jesus really said, how he said it, why crowds came to hear him, and shades of meaning lost or hidden in translation.
After Jesus reads at the meeting house in Nazareth and people are surprised at his words.
Luke 4:26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
Luke 4:26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.
And Elijah was sent to none of them. Instead [was he] not [sent] into Zarephath of Sidon to a widow woman?
The first part of this verse is a continuation of the previous verse, though its connection is hidden by translation.
Proper nouns do normally not take articles but they are needed when the noun ending cannot be changed to show its role in the sentence. However, we saw this same oddity with "the Israel" in the previous verse (Luke 4:25), so Jesus seems to be adding emphasis. However, the Greek article is very close to "this" so the purpose here may be demonstrative. See this article.
My analysis standards and methods are constantly improving. New information on each verse is provided as articles are updated. It requires approximately two years to work through each of Jesus's verses.
The everyday meanings of the Greek words Jesus used were different than the definitions they have been given over time in biblical translation. The word translations here are based upon documents of his time such as the Greek Septuagint, not ideas unknown in his time.
See what Jesus said in Greek and see how his words are changed in English translation. My goal is to translate Jesus's words as they were heard when he taught, not the way they are interpreted today. The work here resurrects the humor and cleverness of Jesus's words lost in translation.
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