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Not even one.
References?
You don't seem to have made a counter-argument as much as a side note. One that I disagree with mind you, since it should be possible to bring sin-offerings for all this sins we've done until the Temple will v e rebuilt. But stil none of this relates to my point you were quoting.
The difference between “father” and “abba” is that “abba” is a term of endearment. It would be like calling someone “daddy”. The word is used to emphasize the closeness Jesus has with God.
I am under the impression that its the Aramaic version of the Hebrew Av (Ab).
I looked up the term a few minutes ago. I can't read Greek, Hebrew or Aramaic. Using the word for "daddy" would have worked nicely within the story.
Yeah I saw that in your link, but it doesn't say why they think so. The Hebrew word for father is the letters AB. In Aramaic the letter A is often tacked onto the back end of otherwise Hebrew words (or Hebrew words with common Aramaic replacement letters). So AB becomes ABA. That's how I understand it.
You might be right. It’s hard to say. Many times in both the Old and New Testament there is a play on words. Keep in mind that Strong's Concordance is not a commentary but an index.
Unusual yes but not unique. There are other authors of the Bible that had used very unusual metaphors to emphasize a point. Ezekiel pulled no punches in his chapter 23. He was deliberately hitting below the belt. Using the metaphor as God as the husband of Israel and Israel as the wife of God he was able to create a very graphic metaphor.
Exactly as I feel about Jesus.
I say the same thing to my dad. So? People called Abba Sha'ul by that name. You are drawing a conclusion which is baseless. Interestingly, Judaism uses the word "Av" often when talking about God, but in conjunction with other words. Av harachamim, avinu shebashamayim. The Abishter.
If he was simply using the Aramaic form of Av, then he was doing exactly what Jews already did. And even then, he was using a term for father that people use for a father. Big deal. I really don't see what you think is so special about it.
True. They didn't. But beaten, bruised, nails thru hands and feet, sword in His side, crown of thorns jammed on His head. Brutal.