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Luke 24:1-9:

τῇ δὲ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων ὄρθρου βαθέως ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα ἦλθον φέρουσαι ἃ ἡτοίμασαν ἀρώματα. εὗρον δὲ τὸν λίθον ἀποκεκυλισμένον ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου, εἰσελθοῦσαι δὲ οὐχ εὗρον τὸ σῶμα τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ. 4καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἀπορεῖσθαι αὐτὰς περὶ τούτου καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες δύο ἐπέστησαν αὐταῖς ἐν ἐσθῆτι ἀστραπτούσῃ. ἐμφόβων δὲ γενομένων αὐτῶν καὶ κλινουσῶν τὰ πρόσωπα εἰς τὴν γῆν εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτάς, Τί ζητεῖτε τὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τῶν νεκρῶν; οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε, ἀλλὰ ἠγέρθη. μνήσθητε ὡς ἐλάλησεν ὑμῖν ἔτι ὢν ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ, λέγων τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὅτι δεῖ παραδοθῆναι εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ σταυρωθῆναι καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστῆναι. καὶ ἐμνήσθησαν τῶν ῥημάτων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὑποστρέψασαι ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου ἀπήγγειλαν ταῦτα πάντα τοῖς ἕνδεκα καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς λοιποῖς.

I just came across these videos on our chapel’s website, and I thought that they may be of interest to others. Here they are:

An interview with N. T. Wright (He visited ATS last November. I touched him!)

An interview with our own Ben Witherington (Do beware—he’s quite a character!)

Enjoy.

East Carolina University’s Religious Studies Department will be hosting a lecture by William Dever on Monday, March 31 entitled “Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel.” It is based on his recent book of the same name. You may read about it here.

This is during our Reading Week at Asbury, and I’ll be in North Carolina that weekend anyway, so I’ll be there.

Anyone care to join me?

Ἰγνάτιος, ὁ καὶ Θεοφόρος, τῇ ἠλεημένῃ ἐν μεγαλειότητι πατρὸς ὑψίστου καὶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ μόνου υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἠγαπημένῃ καὶ πεφωτισμένῃ ἐν θελήματι τοῦ θελήσαντος τὰ πάντα, ἃ ἔστιν, κατὰ ἀγάπην Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ἥτις καὶ προκάθηται ἐν τόπῳ χωρίου ῾Ρωμαίων, ἀξιόθεος, ἀξιεπίτευκτος, ἀξίαγνος καὶ προκαθημένη τῆς ἀγάπης, χριστώνυμος, πατρώνυμος, ἣν καὶ ἀσπάζομαι ἐν ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, υἱοῦ πατρός· κατὰ σάρκα καὶ πνεῦμα ἡνωμένοις πάσῃ ἐντολῇ αὐτοῦ, πεπληρωμένοις χάριτος θεοῦ ἀδιακρίτως καὶ ἀποδιϋλισμένοις ἀπὸ παντὸς ἀλλοτρίου χρώματος πλεῖστα ἐν Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ, τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν, ἀμώμως χαίρειν.

Ignatius, who is also [called] Theophorus, to she that has been shown mercy through the majesty of the Most High Father and of Jesus Christ, his only Son; to the church which has been beloved and enlightened in the will of the One who wills all things which are in accordance with the love of Jesus Christ, our God; which also presides in the land of the region of the Romans, worthy of God, worthy of success, worthy of sanctification, and presiding over love, named after Christ, named after the Father; which I also greet in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father; to those who have been united according to flesh and spirit to each of his commandments, have been filled firmly with the grace of God, and are being separated from every strange color: Abundant greetings blamelessly in Jesus Christ, our God.
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Vocab:

μεγαλειότητι - DS, μεγαλειότης: majesty, magnificence, greatness; as a title, Majesty

πεφωτισμένῃ -  Pf M/P Ptc - DSF, φωτίζω: shine, give light; illuminate; bring light to, make known; enlighten, instruct, teach; illuminate with spiritual light

ἀσπάζομαι - Pr (Dep) Ind - 1S: greet, welcome

ἡνωμένοις - Pf M/P Ptc - DPM, ἑνόω: unite

ἀδιακρίτως - Adv: without wavering

πλεῖστα - NPN, πλεῖστος: greatest, most; Adv., greatly, abundantly; freq. used in letters with χαίρειν

I just haven’t been able to squeeze it into my schedule since my semester began. Anyway, since all the cool kids are doing it (namely Cody and Jack), and since at the moment I neither have the time nor the urge to post anything substantive, here’s what’s been going on lately:

• Brandon got a new LCD HDTV for the living room. I try not to waste too much time watching it, but it is pretty sweet.
• I owe the book store $750. Ouch. I must admit, though, I did get a bit carried away. One of the books that I bought, finally, was the Liddell-Scott lexicon—and I must say, it is worth its $190 price tag. And it weighs a ton, so I can work out and translate Greek at the same time. (Yeah, I’m a huge nerd.)
• Speaking of Greek, I’m doing an independent study in Classical Greek this semester with Dr. Long, and, sick and twisted as it may sound, I’m having a blast. We’re translating Epictetus’ Enchiridion. Coming from a biblical Greek background, this is tedious, time-consuming work. I’m learning a lot, though, about the evolution of the Greek language, a bit about Stoic philosophy, and quite a lot about the milieu of the New Testament. It’s a lot of fun.
• I’m also learning Latin through an independent study with Dr. Dongell, and it’s coming along very well.
• Just today I turned in my application letter for the Biblical Archaeology Program Scholarship. It’s a $2500 scholarship, so that will be a huge help in paying my way to excavate in Israel this summer if I get it. Pray that I do!
• For Lent, I’ve committed to something that is difficult for me, because it conflicts radically with my OCD nature. I would like for this to become a lifestyle change, and not just a ‘Lent thing,’ so please pray that I might trust in God more fully.
• I got some cool shoes.

That’s about it, folks. Perhaps next time I’ll have something more interesting to talk about. And I hope next time will be sooner than later.