10-01-2008, 01:44 AM
sean Wrote:Apparently in the new testament, in many places where it has the word gentiles, it should be the word nations according to Jay.P.Green, greek textus recptus text. Could someone who can read the aramaic in the peshitta, please check this out in the aramaic bible, and send a reply. Thank you.
Hi Sean,
In Aramaic, the word "Amma" literally means "Nation" in English. It's the same as the Arabic word that Muslims use in Arabic, "Ummah", to refer to the entire Muslim religion. It is used, especially within the Judeo-Christian milieu, in the plural to mean all non-Hebraic ethnic groups.
+Shamasha Paul