{"id":3576,"date":"2005-11-12T14:14:37","date_gmt":"2005-11-12T14:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=3576"},"modified":"2024-11-28T19:08:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T01:08:06","slug":"in-mark-519-the-word-is-house-not-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/in-mark-519-the-word-is-house-not-people\/","title":{"rendered":"In Mark 5:19, the word is “house” not “people.”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Question:<\/h2>\n

In the article “How Do They Do That?<\/a>” you stated:<\/p>\n

One of these cities was Decapolis. Just outside the town, Jesus freed a man possessed by demons. The man wanted to follow Jesus, but instead, Jesus told him to go and preach what he had learned to his people (Mark 5:19-20). Look closely at what Jesus said.\u00a0 He did not say “our people” but “your people.” This man went among the Gentiles of Decapolis, preaching the good news of Jesus.<\/p>\n

The Greek word is not\u00a0 “people”,\u00a0 it’s “house. ” Jesus told the man to go home.<\/p>\n\t

Answer:<\/h2>\n

“However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “<\/em>Go home to your friends<\/em><\/strong>, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.”<\/em>” (Mark 5:19, NJKV)<\/p>\n

<\"And He did not let him, but He said to him, “<\/em>Go home to your people<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.”<\/em>” (Mark 5:19, NASB\u00a0’95)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Greek phrase is\u00a0hupage eis ton oikon sou pros tous sous<\/em>\u00a0that translates the section highlighted in blue in the two translations above. The literal word-for-word translation is “go to the house your to the your.” Yes,\u00a0oikon<\/em>primarily means a person’s dwelling place; however, “the New Testament employs ‘house’ to indicate tribes, descendants, or nations.” (Complete Biblical Library Greek – English Dictionary<\/em>). In the case, Jesus tells the man to go to his home and to those belonging to him (sous<\/em>). In doing so, he was to announce what the Lord did for him.<\/p>\n

In carrying out this command we learn in the next verse that “And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all marveled<\/em>” (Mark 5:20). Thus we learn that in following Jesus’ command he did not limit his proclamation to his immediate family or even to his close friends. He told the news to Decapolis.<\/p>\n

In this case, I believe the New American Standard has the closer sense of the phrase by translating\u00a0sous\u00a0<\/em>as referring to his nation, tribe, or people, as the preceding noun\u00a0oikon<\/em>\u00a0allows since the context shows that he did not limit his statements to only his household or his friends.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Question: In the article “How Do They Do That?” you stated: One of these cities was Decapolis. Just outside the town, Jesus freed a man possessed by demons. The man wanted to follow Jesus, but instead, Jesus told him to go and preach what he had learned to his people (Mark 5:19-20). 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