Comments on: Misquoted Bible http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/04/misquoted-bible/ A biblioblog Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:16:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Kevin A. Wilson http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/04/misquoted-bible/#comment-15975 Kevin A. Wilson Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:40:23 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/04/misquoted-bible/#comment-15975 I did catch the tongue-in-cheek comments. I just wanted to clarify what I had said. I had had a few more thoughts since I made the post, so I wanted to add those. Thanks for your comments! I did catch the tongue-in-cheek comments. I just wanted to clarify what I had said. I had had a few more thoughts since I made the post, so I wanted to add those.

Thanks for your comments!

]]> By: Damian McGrath http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/04/misquoted-bible/#comment-15898 Damian McGrath Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:49:23 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/04/misquoted-bible/#comment-15898 Kevin, As my last comment indicated, I was teasing... Of course, Jesus didn't say the proverb at hand nor did he teach his disciples how to fish. Could you imagine if we set up Christian charities that stood on the shore side and kept yelling out to the fishermen, "No! Throw the net over the other side!" Kevin,

As my last comment indicated, I was teasing… Of course, Jesus didn’t say the proverb at hand nor did he teach his disciples how to fish. Could you imagine if we set up Christian charities that stood on the shore side and kept yelling out to the fishermen, “No! Throw the net over the other side!”

]]> By: Kevin A. Wilson http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/04/misquoted-bible/#comment-15806 Kevin A. Wilson Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:25:43 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/04/misquoted-bible/#comment-15806 I do remember those verses of course. I just meant that Jesus did not teach the 5,000 (or the 4,000) to fish. He just gave them fish For the record, I am not saying that this is a bad proverb, nor was I taking sides in the particular debate mentioned above. I was just pointing out that this was not a quote by Jesus. I think whenever this proverb is quoted in modern debates in the US, it is taken as an either/or proposition. It seems to me, though, that it needs to be both. If you teach someone to fish but don't give him a fish first, he may starve before learning to fish. Of course, if large companies own all the lakes and rivers and won't allow others to fish, then we have a different problem. I do remember those verses of course. I just meant that Jesus did not teach the 5,000 (or the 4,000) to fish. He just gave them fish

For the record, I am not saying that this is a bad proverb, nor was I taking sides in the particular debate mentioned above. I was just pointing out that this was not a quote by Jesus.

I think whenever this proverb is quoted in modern debates in the US, it is taken as an either/or proposition. It seems to me, though, that it needs to be both. If you teach someone to fish but don’t give him a fish first, he may starve before learning to fish.

Of course, if large companies own all the lakes and rivers and won’t allow others to fish, then we have a different problem.

]]> By: Damian McGrath http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/04/misquoted-bible/#comment-15752 Damian McGrath Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:13:14 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/04/misquoted-bible/#comment-15752 Third resurrection appearance in John's gospel - "Throw the net over the right side" Jn 21:6 Jesus calls Simon-Peter - "Put out into deep water and let down your nets" Lk 5:4 Apparently it's all about how far out you go, which side of the boat you throw the net over, and having caught nothing during the night! Third resurrection appearance in John’s gospel - “Throw the net over the right side” Jn 21:6
Jesus calls Simon-Peter - “Put out into deep water and let down your nets” Lk 5:4

Apparently it’s all about how far out you go, which side of the boat you throw the net over, and having caught nothing during the night!

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