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"Poor in spirit" - ptochos - is also the word used in the LXX Isaiah 61.
open source theology - collaborative theology for the emerging church 2009
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"Poor in spirit" - ptochos - is also the word used in the LXX Isaiah 61.
open source theology - collaborative theology for the emerging church 2009
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Jesus quotes the words of the prophet Isaiah 61:1–2, saying, “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor ptochos, in Greek meaning “crouching, cringing, or cowering spiritual beggars”.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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Jesus quotes the words of the prophet Isaiah 61:1–2, saying, “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor ptochos, in Greek meaning “crouching, cringing, or cowering spiritual beggars”.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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Jesus quotes the words of the prophet Isaiah 61:1–2, saying, “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor ptochos, in Greek meaning “crouching, cringing, or cowering spiritual beggars”.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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Jesus quotes the words of the prophet Isaiah 61:1–2, saying, “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor ptochos, in Greek meaning “crouching, cringing, or cowering spiritual beggars”.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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[Footnote 1: It occurs many times in the Moeso-Gothic version of the Gospels for [Greek: ptochos].
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