Comments on Luke 6:12-16

     These verses tick off the names of the Twelve apostles, or
"special witnesses".  However, there are two points of interest
herein.  
     The first being v. 12 where Jesus prays over the selection
of the Twelve, showing his deliberacy.  
     And the second being that Iscariot is presently not
presented as a louse.  The KJV says of Iscariot, "which also was
the traitor", which doesn't well represent what the author
intended.  A better translation would be "who became a traitor"
(NAS, AB).  His character at present is not yet that of a
traitor, he changes over the course of time to become a traitor.



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