No place in the Bible is this word translated as “pierced”. Every other place it occurs it is correctly translated as “lion”, just like my name.
You aren't literally a lion, therefore your name prophecy must be fulfilled by someone else.
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No place in the Bible is this word translated as “pierced”. Every other place it occurs it is correctly translated as “lion”, just like my name.
No place in the Bible is this word translated as “pierced”. Every other place it occurs it is correctly translated as “lion”, just like my name.
Strong's Concordance
ari: a lion
Original Word: אֲרִי
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: ari
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-ee')
Short Definition: lions
Muhammad still exists through his message ... Muhammad called us to believe in the Christ and that he is the way to god but it is not the only one...Mohammad is another way to reach god with the continuity to believe in the Christ
I know it may be surprising, but not everyone uses or needs an English translation. I have an interlinear Tehillim that translates every Hebrew word into the corresponding English word at home. I will try and find it when I get off work and take a picture and post it.
Occasionally I do take five minutes or so out of my busy schedule here at CF and dome some menial labor.
Occasionally I do take five minutes or so out of my busy schedule here at CF and dome some menial labor.
I know it may be surprising, but not everyone uses or needs an English translation. I have an interlinear Tehillim that translates every Hebrew word into the corresponding English word at home. I will try and find it when I get off work and take a picture and post it.
No it is not surprising. People have different language abilities, research skills and education levels.
Here's a good website that gives a good explanation of the controversy and has helped me understand the language translation problem.
Does Psalm 22 Prophesy the Crucifixion of Christ?
Old Testament scholars concede that most of the Hebrew texts available today read “lion,” rather than “pierced.” In some of these manuscripts “pierced” is a marginal note.
On the other hand, there are Hebrew texts that read “pierced,” with “lion” in the margin. The same variance is reflected in English translations, except that the vast majority of the English versions retain “pierced” in the text, with “lion” relegated to the footnote in some instances (see ASV, RSV, NIV, ESV).
The two words are strikingly similar in appearance in the original Hebrew text. The only difference between the word translated “like a lion,” and the one rendered “they pierced” is in the length of the upright vowel stroke on the latter word. The two might easily be confused.
Since the Hebrew had no written vowels — only vowel sounds — some think the confusion may have resulted from a misunderstanding in pronunciation.
Craigie offers this view and says that the “like a lion” rendition “presents numerous problems and can scarcely be correct” (196). Even the very liberal Interpreter’s Bible, which repudiates the passage as being prophetic of the crucifixion of Christ, says that “like a lion” does not make sense in the context (Sclater, 120).
Brown, et al., represent the term in this fashion: “they have bored (digged, hewn) my hands and my feet” (468). Professor Baigent of the West London Institute of Higher Education suggests that the standard Massorite Hebrew text, reflecting “like a lion,” “seems to be corrupt” (614). Numerous other scholars concur.
In addition, we must note that in the Dead Sea Scrolls, which pre-date the common Hebrew texts by a thousand years, the term clearly is “pierced,” not “lion” (VanderKam / Flint, 124).
Ancient Versions
The ancient versions (translations of the Hebrew text into various languages) overwhelmingly support the reading “pierced.” This is the case in the Septuagint (Greek version), the Syriac, Vulgate, Arabic, and the Ethiopic.
One must remember that the Massorite Hebrew text is from the second century A.D., while the Septuagint dates from the third century B.C. There is a very powerful point here, to which Kidner calls attention:
“A strong argument in its [”pierced"] favor is that the LXX[Septuagint], compiled two centuries before the crucifixion, and therefore an unbiased witness, understood it so" (107).
So much for our critic’s assertion that “pierced” is a “fundamentalist Christian” contrivance!
There is another point worthy of consideration.
In around A.D. 140, a scholar named Aquila, a native of Pontus, produced a Greek translation of the Old Testament, the design of which was to rival the Septuagint. Aquila was an apostate from Christianity who had converted to Judaism. In his translation he seems to have known nothing of the “like a lion” rendition (see Cook, IV, 223).
Supplementary Old Testament Support
It need hardly surprise us that the prophets would focus upon the manner of Jesus’ death inasmuch as the Savior had to die in some way by which his “blood” would be shed. The blood is the depository of “life” (Lev. 17:11). By our sins, we have forfeited the right to live (Gen. 2:17; Rom. 6:23).
Accordingly, in the divine scheme of things, the Son of God was required to give his “life” (blood) if we were to live (Mt. 20:28; 26:28; Rom. 3:21-26) — which he voluntarily and lovingly did.
In view of this, consider two other Old Testament texts.
The prophet Isaiah declared: “But he was wounded [”pierced" — Delitzsch, II, 317-18] for our transgressions..." (53:5). Moreover, Zechariah announced, on behalf of the Messiah:
“And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced” (12:10; cf. Jn. 19:37).
As we shall note subsequently, the language of Psalm 22:16 is quite similar — but more specific even.
New Testament Evidence
Though the New Testament does not directly quote Psalm 22:16, there is strong circumstantial evidence that the phrase in this passage previews the crucifixion, thus containing an allusion to the method of Jesus’ death.
Only the very obtuse, and those with them who deny the authority of the New Testament writers, resist the conclusion that Psalm 22 has, as its general thrust, the mission of the promised Messiah.
The narrative begins: “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” — a question agonisingly framed by the Savior from the cross (Mt. 27:46; Mk. 15:34). The treatment afforded Christ during his trial/crucifixion is graphically portrayed in Psalms 22:7-8.
“All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, Commit thyself unto Jehovah; let him deliver him...” (cf. Lk. 23:35; Mt. 27:39, 43).
Verse 18 depicts the soldiers gambling for the Lord’s clothes. “They part my garments among them, and upon my vesture do they cast lots” (cf. Mt. 27:35).
It is in the midst of this context that the controversial statement is found: “They pierced my hands and my feet.”
Additionally, compare this sentence with the references in the New Testament to the wounds of the Savior’s hands and feet (Lk. 24:40; Jn. 20:25). The connection is too obvious to miss if the student is honest.
It is worthy of note that Tertullian (cir. A.D. 160-220), one of the post-apostolic “church fathers,” who had access to evidence older than we possess today, quoted from Psalm 22 in one of his five books, Against Marcion.
In Book III, which is designed to argue the Messianic identity of Jesus based on Old Testament prophecy, Tertullian says that the Lord was “prophetically declaring his glory” when he said, “They pierced my hands and my feet” (Sect. XIX).
We do not hesitate to say, therefore, that the preponderance of the evidence lies with our common English versions. Psalm 22:16 is an explicit prophecy of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
As George Rawlinson, Professor of Ancient History at Oxford, noted: “There are no sufficient critical grounds for relinquishing” the view that “pierced” is the correct term of the text (153).
among else, they will go into exile,
before we go on where does it say in psalm 22
"among else, they will go into exile" ?
".......why have You forsaken me?
they are destined to go in exile and David recited this prayer
for the future.
The Jewish soul is one.
like the spokes in a bicycle, at the outer rim they are seperated, but at the centre they as one.
You use text to prove something,
I have it for nourishment of the soul.
Well your trying to draw me in to the suffering of the Ancient Israelite's. It's a very big subject.I am willing to discuss that with you in another thread.
In the Old testament you can reduce some things read as physical Israel as in the New testament you can reduce things down to Spiritual Israel or Christ but they also have specific meanings as well.
Psalm 22Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
16 (15) my mouth is as dry as a fragment of a pot,
my tongue sticks to my palate;
you lay me down in the dust of death.
17 (16) Dogs are all around me,
a pack of villains closes in on me
like a lion [at] my hands and feet.
18 (17) I can count every one of my bones,
while they gaze at me and gloat.
19 (18) They divide my garments among themselves;
for my clothing they throw dice.
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the mouth being dry to the point of death is specific to christ in the gospels.
"a pack of villains closes in on me"
there was a thief on the left and right of Christ and the Romans
"my hands and feet."
the hands and feet mentioned particularly around the other quotes bring in the cross.
The lions mention could be Rome
18 (17) I can count every one of my bones,
while they gaze at me and gloat.
Mark 15:29 (Matthew 27:39) implies the language of Psalm 22:7 in the description of passersby at the crucifixion:
"All who see me mock at me;
they make mouths at me, they shake their heads."
Matthew 27:43 also frames the taunts of the religious leaders with an allusion to Psalm 22:8:
"Commit your cause to the LORD;
let him deliver --
let him rescue the one in whom he delights!"
In all four Gospels (Mark 15:24; Matthew 27:35; Luke 23:34; John 19:24) the description of the soldiers' activity beneath the cross draws on Psalm 22:18:
"they divide my clothes among themselves,
and for my clothing they cast lots."
In addition to these examples, John 19:28 probably has Psalm 22:15 in mind when reporting that Jesus says, "I am thirsty" in order "to fulfill scripture." The scripture fulfilled is most likely Psalm 22:15.
You are bent on declaring Psalms 22 to be all about Jesus.
The Romans were not nice people, many were nailed to wooden poles,