Thursday, June 9, 2022

The Trinity, a observation

 Thoughts for discussion only and not to take a side on anything. I found this interesting in my research for a white paper/essay.


The most widely accepted version of Matthew 28: 16-20

16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.
17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

From the oldest known complete verified text of the same

16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.
17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son,
20 and remember our holy spirit as you teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Interesting how a scribe to make it flow better could have easily moved the holy spirit, or as laid out in several books the translation of several words might not have been easily translated. Either way, in my humble opinion it is clear that the focus of the commission is his teaching and to help prepare as many as would accept those teaching for heaven. I do not think it was to start 1000-plus years of disagreement of trinity or not. It is only when we try to put the current understanding and desires in the way of a message from 2000 years ago do we find ourselves in disagreement.

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