Why galilee of the gentiles

Some of our building-and-grounds church workers are Christians from the Karen tribe in Burma or northern Thailand. We live in Galilee of the Gentiles, and the Risen Christ was here before any of us arrived. Thailand has been under very strict regulations since last March. Christmas and New Year celebrations were much subdued because of that, and Christian churches went back online.

Yes, many Thai people celebrate Christmas according to the world of retail. Christmas trees and major shopping everywhere. Isaiah may have been referring to an event mentioned in 1 Kings 9: There we read that Hiram, the King of Tyre, had supplied cedar, cypress and gold to build the temple at Jerusalem.

Like Samaria, Galilee saw foreigners — in this case Phoenician farmers and Greek mercenaries employed by the Persians — among its new residents, apparently not the result of any intentional efforts by the various ruling powers, none of whom introduced a substantial number of colonists.

Jewish resettlement of Galilee proceeded very slowly until the reestablishment of Jewish rule in the second century bc. According to the evidence of archaeology, there was a sudden change at the beginning of the first century bc. Within a few decades, dozens of new villages appeared, indicating that a new population had come into Galilee. By the first century ad Galilee included prosperous villages and 15 fortified cities Josephus, Vita , As Mark pointed out, the same Greek word can be translated both ways into English.

See also Mark - every nation or every Gentile? This question seems too broad. I'm still having trouble following what the key question is. It sounds like your concern is with modern translations, not whether Matthew mistranslated Isaiah. Hebrew is Hebrew; Greek is Greek. Isaiah is Isaiah, Matthew is Matthew.

Show 5 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Now, when the narrative gets to Moses and Israel, the author records these words of God, given to Moses, for Israel: 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation ve-goy ka-dosh.

Improve this answer. Add a comment. The NET Bible's answer to this is: These three geographical designations may refer to provinces established by the Assyrians in b. Except that this 'change' is an artifact of translation and not of historicity.

If you look at the history of translations on this passage you can see history has nothing to do with. The NET Bible's response then doesn't answer the question even if it provides a poor rationalization. The birth of the Child is prophesied in connection with this battle; this Child would become a mighty warrior to deliver Israel from her oppressors.

Thus, His withdrawal to Galilee follows on His triumph over the oppressor. Having dealt an initial defeat to Satan, Jesus went into Galilee to announce His victory, and the coming fulness of the kingdom. Abominomy — n. Minimillennialism — n. Micromillennialism — n.