I think you may be referring to the translation rather than the actual text. Since you did not post the translation that you used we will take a general approach.

No translation is perfect. While some are far worse than others in a literal word for word translation; a good thought for thought translation can add context. However at times when we need or want to know the true meaning of a word, we must fall back to the original languages.

The bottom line is that we need to understand the original language(s). We have a Greek written set of manuscripts for the Apostolic Scriptures (”new testament”). However, they were written in ways that strongly suggest that they were translated from Semitic languages. At the very least the structure suggests that the person thought with a Semitic language mindset.

That being said, I will leave you with some input from my colleague Erik, who graciously researched this while I could not get to my concordance. Hope it helps. Shalom!

The Greek word used is:

Keitos, Strong’s N 2785. Literally ‘big or very large fish’, ‘big sea creature’. In NT ‘keitos’ is used only once.

Mt 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

I am so sorry to hear about the bad surroundings you endured during labor. I can so empathize. I am so thankful to hear that everything turned out wonderfully though.

Thank you for explaining her name, and her sister’s… how creative and lovely they are. Leah and Hannah were both names that we considered.

It seems as if the best way to disprove evolution in an argument is to draw paralles to whatever you believe in. This seems counterintuative to me.

That, and after someone at least makes an intelligent argument against evolution, you get lots of idiots coming in who have no idea what the concept is trying to prove it wrong like “well why didn’t my parents have an ape instead of me” and the like.

You have every right to your beliefs, but that right doesn’t make you look any less like an idiot.

The very nature of the concept of God is that God is in charge, not people or the majority. Therefore I do believe there are rewards for those in covenant with God. I do not believe in the Greek mythological view of an eternal, burning, tormenting, hell. I have yet to see this concept in Scripture, no matter what Seminary students have been told.

I know the site that you are all coming from is hell-bent (pun intended) on bashing Christians. I would suggest that you should come up with different arguments for this site. I do not support 90% of Christian dogma.

I am discussing the fact that this symbol represents a man’s bigotry and those that adorn their cars with it are proud of their racism.

You cannot point out the errancy of the crusades (which are deplorable) and think that this some how justifies your own display of hate!! That is ridiculous! Let me clue you in, BOTH are wrong, BOTH are arrogant, BOTH should be corrected.

I do not support “the church”, Rome or any of the disgusting atrocities in “the name of God”. I also do not support the idea that people of different races or genders are more evolved than another.

Plus stop trying to point out the hypocrisy of another group as a means to continue your own! It is poor, poor logic.

Shalom.

Have a nice day.

I am not claiming the x in x-mas takes away or adds anything. I think stops at Latin and German have made terrible translational errors. My article clearly says that I think it is ridiculous; as is “christmas” itself.

I doesn’t amaze me that atheists know more about christianity that christians. (I keep telling christians that atheists and pagans know more than they do.) I wish it did amaze me.

Shalom. (Peace)