1.2.3.15 Jesus is God's
servant
All of mankind are the servants of God. If a man were to
own another man then that man would be his servant.
Obviously this servant would be held in a lower regard than
this man's own children (or himself). We do not usually find
people telling their sons (or themselves): "come here my
servant," or "Go over there my servant." Let us
compare this with what God has to say about Jesus
(pbuh):
- Matthew 12:18: "Behold my servant, whom I have
chosen."
- Acts 3:13(RSV): "The God of Abraham, and of
Isaac,... hath glorified his servant Jesus."
- Acts 4:27(RSV): "For of a truth against thy holy
servant Jesus, whom thou hast anointed..."
The Actual Greek word used is "pias" or "paida" which
mean; "servant, child, son, manservant." Some translations
of the Bible, such as the popular King James Version, have
translated this word as "Son" when it is attributed to Jesus
(pbuh) and "servant" for most everyone else, while more
recent translations of the Bible such as the Revised
Standard Version (RSV) now honestly translate it as
"servant." As we shall see in later chapters, the RSV was
compiled by thirty two Biblical scholars of the highest
eminence, backed by 50 cooperating Christian denominations
from the "most" ancient Biblical manuscripts
available to them today. Chances are that no matter what
your church or denomination you are able to name, that
church took part in the correction of the King James Version
of the Bible which resulted in the RSV.
The exact same word "pias" is attributed to
Jacob(Israel) in Luke 1:54 and translated as "servant":
"He hath helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of
his mercy;."
It is also applied to King David in Luke 1:69, and once
again, it is translated as "servant":
"...the house of his servant David;" (also see
Acts 4:25).
However, when it is applied to Jesus (e.g. Acts 3:13,
Acts 4:27), NOW it is translated as
"Son." (notice that it is not only translated
as "son" but as "Son".) Why the double standard? Why the
dishonest translation techniques?
"And verily, among them is a party who twist their
tongues with the Scripture that you might think that it is
from the Scripture but it is not from the Scripture; and
they say, 'It is from Allah' but it is not from Allah; and
they speak a lie against Allah while [well] they
know it!"
The noble Qur'an, A'al-Umran(3):78
"The Messiah will never scorn to be a servant of
Allah, nor will the favored angels. Whosoever scorns His
service and is proud, all such will He assemble unto Him;
Then as for those who believed and did good works, unto them
will he pay their wages in full and shall increase them from
His bounty. [But] as for those who were scornful and
proud, He shall punish hem with a painful torment, nor will
they find for themselves other than Allah any ally or
champion"
The noble Qur'an, Al-Nissa(4):172-174
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