[b-greek] re: To be born of water  From: Jack Kilmon
(jkilmon@historian.net) Date: Fri Sep 15 2000 - 13:52:04 EDT
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Core"
<jesuslover@neteze.com> Cc: "Biblical Greek"
<b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000
2:29 AM Subject: [b-greek] re: To be born of water  > I also
don't know of an idiom, but if it was a common Hebrew idiom, it
would fit > with the statement "Born again". The second birth is
of the spirit so the birth that > precedes it must be the
natural birth otherwise actual first birth is not > counted, or
else the term "born again" doesn't refer to a second birth but a
third, > but I see that as doubtful and the emphasis on being
born of the Spirit. > in Christ -chris  "Born again" is a 2
dimensional western translation but the Semitic languages are
more 3 dimensional and other meanings are often intended.
Aramaic Min d'rish can also mean "from the first beginning" This
is the same root as bereshit at Genesis 1:1 and lo and behold
Genesi