Home :: Christology and the Emergent Movement May 2
Has emergent teaching crept into Bible translation at all?
Submitted by Steve Sorensen (not verified) on Wed, 05/21/2008 - 05:45.

I like the NET. I use it all the time. However, I have a concern; at least a question. Why does the NET translate "flesh" (sarx from the Greek) into
"human nature" in John 6:63, when all along in that chapter Jesus was talking about "flesh" (sarx)? It seems like "human nature" misses something. It was His flesh that He was giving for the world; not just His "human nature." Yes, His main point was that His words bring life, and that was his main point in :63. Why not leave it as is? Why not leave "flesh" to emphasize that He was stressing His words more than anything, since that is what must be believed for eternal life; the words about His "flesh," that is? With the use of "human nature" in place of "flesh" in that verse: if this is not an "emergent" sort of idea, then can you tell me what it is? And why? I have been puzzled about that verse for a long time. Thank you.

Reply

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Scripture references placed between [bible][/bible] tags will be quoted.
  • Scripture references will be linked automatically to an online Bible. E.g. John 3:16, Eph 2:8-9 (ESV).

More information about formatting options

Captcha
This question is used to make sure you are a human visitor and to prevent spam submissions.
Copy the characters (respecting upper/lower case) from the image.