Sunday, December 6, 2015

Eunuchs in the Bible


http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/bible-interpretation/eunuchs-in-the-bible/





Both Strong's and the Gesenius Lexicon agree that a "eunuch" is a minister of the court, and the word is often translated as "officer". Let us not neglect to mention Isaiah 56 in this discussion:
2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to YHVH, speak , saying , YHVH hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say , Behold, I am a dry tree.
4 For thus saith YHVH unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off .
6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to YHVH, to serve him, and to love the name of YHVH, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
8 YHVH which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith , Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
Surely, in looking at the context of Isaiah 56 and Matthew 19, and also taking into consideration Galatians 3:28 and 1 Corinthians 7, we can safely say that a eunuch was not a literally castrated male, but a servant.



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