word_digger
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In Luke 8:31 the devils beg Jesus not to consign them to "the deep" so, instead, He allows them to enter the swine which, consequently, run down the hill and drown in a lake. Most people think that the lake close-by is "the deep" the devils don't want to go into. That does not appear to be the case, according to the Greek word here:
Strongs:
abussoV abussos ab'-us-sos
from 1 (as a negative particle) and a variation of 1037; depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss":--deep, (bottomless) pit.
This presents a problem in the case of Luke 8:31 because in verse Luke 8:33 the word for the nearby lake is:
Strongs:
limnh limne lim'-nay
probably from 3040 (through the idea of nearness of shore); a pond (large or small):--lake.
The "deep" in 8:31 and the nearby lake in 8:33 do not appear to be the same places. This is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew word for the abyss, which is used in Genesis 1:2. People normally assume that "the deep" is the earth's ocean in that verse. But if it was a reference to the ocean or sea, then there is also a problem because the sea is nowhere near this place. So what exactly is this "abyss" in both Genesis 1:2 (In the Hebrew) and in Luke 8:31 (in Greek)?
Look at this peculiar wording:
Luke 8:31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go OUT INTO the deep. (emphesis mine)
It does not appear to be a reference to Hell, either, because the direction to it is OUT not DOWN.
Could "the deep" here in both verses be a reference to the 'deep' of outer space or the regions outside the material world?
The Scriptures interpret themselves and, if they can not be broken, then there is a valuable interpretational nugget in Luke that provides a better understanding of the context 'deep' back in Genesis 1:2. Could the 'deep' spoken of in Genesis 1:2 be the entire physical realm of space and time under the third heaven?
Is this question TOO DEEP for you (smile)?
Strongs:
abussoV abussos ab'-us-sos
from 1 (as a negative particle) and a variation of 1037; depthless, i.e. (specially) (infernal) "abyss":--deep, (bottomless) pit.
This presents a problem in the case of Luke 8:31 because in verse Luke 8:33 the word for the nearby lake is:
Strongs:
limnh limne lim'-nay
probably from 3040 (through the idea of nearness of shore); a pond (large or small):--lake.
The "deep" in 8:31 and the nearby lake in 8:33 do not appear to be the same places. This is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew word for the abyss, which is used in Genesis 1:2. People normally assume that "the deep" is the earth's ocean in that verse. But if it was a reference to the ocean or sea, then there is also a problem because the sea is nowhere near this place. So what exactly is this "abyss" in both Genesis 1:2 (In the Hebrew) and in Luke 8:31 (in Greek)?
Look at this peculiar wording:
Luke 8:31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go OUT INTO the deep. (emphesis mine)
It does not appear to be a reference to Hell, either, because the direction to it is OUT not DOWN.
Could "the deep" here in both verses be a reference to the 'deep' of outer space or the regions outside the material world?
The Scriptures interpret themselves and, if they can not be broken, then there is a valuable interpretational nugget in Luke that provides a better understanding of the context 'deep' back in Genesis 1:2. Could the 'deep' spoken of in Genesis 1:2 be the entire physical realm of space and time under the third heaven?
Is this question TOO DEEP for you (smile)?
