Latin "Gentile" or Greek "Nation?"

Shortly after relocating to a new town, I discovered a local 6 a.m. Saturday morning bible study. The small gathering was led by a man who also led a prison ministry some four hours drive away. He was quick to let me know that in the 18 years he had been leading the prison ministry and driving to and fro all those years, that he never had to cancel a meeting because of illness, car trouble or weather. Obviously, God had been guiding and overseeing that ministry all those years, right?

During the third meeting of this study group composed mostly of elderly men, we were looking at 2 Timothy 1. As is my lifelong custom, I was prepared for the study by having studied the passage in the week leading up to the gathering. One of the other members initiated the early morning discussion by relating how he had picked up a woman he saw walking on the side of the road. He discovered she was on the way to the pharmacy to purchase medicine for her child. The problem was, she didn't have the money and didn't yet know how she was going to pay for what she needed to help alleviate her child's ailment. The man, with watery eyes, went on telling his story of how the Lord used this women's faith to reach his conscience. He related how the Lord moved him, despite his own the lack of funds, to supply her needs.

With that as the take-of point, the leader of the group went on for several minutes praising this bible study member for using his gifts of mercy and giving to help another. He brought us to the well known passages in I Corinthians 12; how we all have differing gifts, and even if we are only the little finger on one hand, God can and will use us to meet the needs of other members of the body of Christ.

We then moved on to read and discuss 2 Timothy 1. When we reached verse 11: "Unto which I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles," I asked, being the newest member of the group not wanting to impose, if I could comment? The bible study and prison ministry leader spoke up and said, "Sure, we encourage participation. What do you have to contribute?" I said that the word Gentile is a Latin word and should not be in the verse, or any other verse in the New Testament. The Greek word used by Paul here was ethnos, and means nation, and should be translated nations, not Gentile, which has come to mean "non-jew."

Saying those words was like I had passed the worst gas imaginable. No, it was worse than that, I had committed blasphemy; I had questioned the King James Version of the bible, which I was soon to be told, in no uncertain terms, was THE inspired word of God. How dare I suggest that there was an error in the translation that has brought salvation to so many millions of Christians down through the ages?

I went on to explain, which I knew, from many similar experiences, was going to be a futile attempt, that a misunderstanding of the word ethnos, as Gentile, and not nation or nations, would lead the bible student to numerous errors of interpretation, errors that would cause nothing but confusion in trying to understand what Scripture teaches concerning who Paul is trying to reach when he uses the word ethnos. He is not talking about non-jews, he is talking about fellow Israelites.

Boy, did that set off the fireworks of indignation. The leader starting defending the authorized King James Version as being used by God to save countless souls for hundreds of years. He even raised his KJV translation in his left hand and declared: THIS is the inspired word of God! "The original Hebrew and Greek scriptures are the inspired word of God, not the multitude of translations," I replied. "Were those tablets Moses took down the mountain written in the KFV?

More indignation, this time from the man who had the gift of mercy and compassion not more than ten minutes earlier. He spoke up, his anger barely contained. "You're pissing me off, and you don't want to piss me off," he said, as he rose from his chair and walked away from the table to cool off.

I then said to the rest of the group, "No more than 10 minutes ago you all were going on about how we each have a gift or gifts to be used for the edification of others. I've been told by many I have the gift of teaching. I'm simply exercising my gift when I tell you that the Latin word Gentile should not be used in an English translation of the bible because it causes confusion, even deception. How is it that the gift of mercy is quite acceptable, and is encouraged to be used for the benefit of the rest of the body, but the gift of teaching is not to be used and the teaching is not to be accepted? You haven't disagreed that the word Gentile is Latin, and the original is ethnos, which means nation. So, what is the problem?"

The "leader" then asked, "What does this have to do with the saving of souls for Christ?"

I said, "Once one understands who Paul is speaking to, and who the gospel is for, it makes all the difference in the kingdom."

The leader then raised his KJV of the bible into the air and proclaimed with a loud voice: "THIS IS THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD! It has been used by God to save millions of souls, including mine and everyone here in this room."

By this time, I had made my point. By this time I knew I would be wasting time and my breath. I closed my bible, which just happens to be a Scofield Reference Bible, by which I had been deceived by for most of my life, told the group good morning, and walked out.

No doubt I had created quite a stir, upsetting that group of righteous Judeo-Christians who then most likely spent the rest of the meeting despising me and what I had to say. Luke 23:11.

The saddest aspect of this episode is that this same scene could be repeated in Judeo-Christian-zionist congregations in all white nations today. No one caring that they are being deceived. No one questioning the status quo. No one daring to think other than what most of their small group of narrow-minded brainwashed fellow pew-sitters think, as they sit listening week after week to flat stone teaching. No one reflecting on what was just said and asking themselves "Gee, what if he is right? What if God sent that man to our little group to wake us up and we didn't listen?"

"He that hath an ear to hear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." Revelation 3:22 KJV

Note: Some readers may be asking How is translating ethnos as Gentiles rather than nations causing confusion? The reason is most Judeo-Christians, an oxymoron, believe Christ came to save the jews not non-jews, i.e., the Gentiles. The reality is, in Christ's own words, "I have not come but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." The house of Israel are the descendants of the 12 Tribes of Israel, not to be confused with jews. The 12 Tribes were and are the Anglo-Saxon-Scandinavian-Celtic-Germanic and kindred peoples. These tribes were scattered about the known world during the time of the apostles. The White race was the scattered "strangers of I Peter 1, the elect race of I Peter 2:9 and the twelve tribes scattered abroad of James 1:1.

The Blue Letter Bible has even gone so far, to continue the deception, to alter the meanings used in the online version of Strong's Concordance. Many many instances can be found where additional meanings have been added to Strong's Lexicon. Don't confuse the jew who reside in Palestine today with the Israelites of the Old and New Covenants.

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Details of Scripture

A Christian fellow recently told me I was too concerned with the "details of Scripture." That I was "striving about words to no profit" according to 2 Timothy 2:15. How do we know those "words" Paul was referring to were words found in Scripture? I asked.  The word we were discussing was found in Scripture and that the word this fellow said there was no profit in understanding was Gentile. I had pointed out Gentile is a Latin word and not found in the original Greek (or Hebrew for that matter) and, being a  Latin word,  should not be used in an English translation of either the Old or the New Testament.

The Importance of Context

Telling my acquaintance that context is important and needs to be considered, I pointed out that the very next verse in 2 Timothy 2, verse 16, Paul tells us to "study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

The reason it is important to know that Gentile is not in the original Greek New Testament is because that word is used to confuse and obfuscate the original Greek word, ethnos, which most times should be translated nations, not Gentiles. Today, a Gentile is often considered to be a "non-Jew," which is not the meaning of the word Gentile. Gentile is from the Latin genus, and meant, at the time of its use in the New Testament, one who is not a Roman citizen. 

Details in Scripture Are Important

The point is, it is important to know the details of Scripture. When Christ Himself was tempted of the devil to  "command that these stones be made bread," (Matthew 4:3) Christ answered and said, "It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God." Which words of God are we to ignore?Which words in Scripture are not important?

This fellow went on to tell me, quoting John 3:16,  that what was  important was that Jesus Christ is in your heart and that we share the love of Christ within us with others. In other words, the most important verse, and perhaps the only verse needed by a Christian, is John 3:16. "For God so loved the world that He gave his only beloved Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

 Misuse of the Word "World"

I pointed out that the word "world," in the context of Scripture, doesn't mean the entire population of the world, but the Society of Israelites for whom Christ specifically said he came for:"I am not come save for the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

Surely the word "world" as used in Luke 2 when Caesar Augustus sent out a decree that the world should be registered, the entire "world" is not meant. The Chinese, the Aborigines or the Polynesians of the South Sea or the African tribes in the heart of the jungles of the Dark Continent, were not included. Neither are they included in John 3:16, despite what Christian missionaries erroneously believe. Nor was the faith of the Romans "spoken of throughout the whole world," (Romans 1:8) but only throughout the known Roman world or Society, centered around the Mediterranean Sea region during the time of Paul and his missionary journeys to his fellow Israelites, preaching the gospel to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, as commanded by Jesus Christ.

Every word, in the original languages of Scripture, Hebrew and Greek, is important and put there for a reason. A good reason. If Christ declared that not even "one jot or one tittle  shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled," should we not also be concerned with entire words, their meaning, context and proper application when we study and live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God?

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Lies of the Judeo-Zionist-Christendumbers

Let's look at some facts, rather than the lies we find everywhere in Judeo-Zionist-Christendom shall we?

1. The word "jew" was not even in the Hebrew or Greek - languages used to compose the Old and New Testaments, so how could either Jesus or Paul be a jew? when 'jew" didn't exist?

2. Yahshua was of the tribe of Judah. (Luke 3:33) It's now up to Judeo-Zionist-Christendumbers to show us the evidence, not just repeat their BS over and over again, that Jesus was a "jew."

3. Paul clearly states he was born of the tribe of Benjamin, (Phil. 3:8) not Judah. So again, the Judeo-Zionist-Christendumbers have the burden of proof to show us that descendants of Benjamin were "jews."

4. James wrote his epistle to the 12 tribes in the dispersion. The "lost" tribes.

1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. KJV

1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: NIV

James wrote his epistle to Israelites scattered among the Greek nations, (see below) not to fellow "jews."

5. Paul, through Luke, authored the book of Hebrews. Hebrews were the 12 tribes of Israel, the Israelites, not "Gentiles."

Christendumbers like others to believe "Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles." Why don't the Judeo-Zionist-Christendumbers show us the book written specifically to the non-jews or who they like us to believe are the "Gentiles?"

6. Here is a perfect example from John 7 of how the deception keeps getting perpetrated:

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.

33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me. 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

35 The Jews (sic - Judaeans) said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people (Judeans) live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

Let's examine the orginal language from Blue Letter Bible

Then 3767 said 2036 the Jews 2453 among 4314 themselves 1438, Whither 4226 will 3195 he 3778 go 4198 , that 3754 we 2249 shall 2147 0 not 3756 find 2147 him 846? will 3361 3195 he go 4198 unto 1519 the dispersed 1290 among the Gentiles 1672, and 2532 teach 1321 the Gentiles 1672?

the Jews 2453
G2453 - Ioudaios
Ἰουδαῖος
From Ἰούδα (G2448) (in the sense of Ἰούδας (G2455) as a country)

G2455 G2448 - Iouda
Ἰούδα
Judah = "he shall be praised"

1) the fourth son of the patriarch Jacob
2) the tribe that were the offspring of Judah
3) the region occupied by the tribe
4) a city of the tribe of Judah, conjectured to be Hebron, which was a city assigned to the priests and located in the hill country, and the native place of John the Baptist according to Jewish tradition

Nothing in the definition of G2448 Iouda from which G2453 Ioudaios is derived about "jews."

So, tell us, Christendumbers, how do we get jews from Judah? Not everyone who resided in Judah, was a "jew" just like not everyone who lives in (the United States of) America is German, or Italian or Roman Catholic. Saying that all the people who resided in Judah at this time period was jewish, is like saying everyone who lives in California is Roman Catholic.

Ioudaios should be translated Judaeans, not jews. Been over this a thousand times; just like American.

among the Gentiles 1672
G1672 - Hellēn
Ἕλλην

1) a Greek either by nationality, whether a native of the main land or of the Greek islands or colonies

the dispersed 1290
G1290 - diaspora
διασπορά
1) a scattering, dispersion
a) of Israelites dispersed among foreign nations

The Judaeans knew there were Israelites dispersed among the Greek nations surrounding their "world," their Society, at that time.

Notice the Judaeans didn't think that Yahshua (Jesus) would go preaching to the dispersed "jews" among the Greeks (Hellen)

No where in Scripture does it say that "Gentiles" are to be preached to, because no where in Scripture is the word Gentile to be found. Why in the world would a Latin word, gentilis, be found in a Hebrew or Greek manuscript?

It wasn't. Not until Jerome translated the original languages into Latin do we find the Latin word Gentile, which, btw does not mean "non-jew" as the Judeo-Zionist-Christendumbers would have others believe.

But it does mean people of the same race or gens. A related Latin word, genea, is where we get the word genealogy. You know what genealogy means, don't you?

And yet, everywhere one goes - we find this definition: "a Gentile is a "non-jew."

Even jewwikipedia gets it right if you put in the correct search words: "Latin Gentile meaning"

The term Gentile (from Latin gentilis, by the French "gentil", female: "gentille", meaning of or belonging to a clan or tribe) refers to non-Israelite peoples or nations in English translations of the Bible.

Latin and subsequently English translators selectively used the term gentiles when the context for the base term "peoples" or "nations", Hebrew, גוי (goy) and נכרי (nokhri) in the Hebrew Bible and the Greek word ἔθνη (éthnē) in the New Testament, indicated non-Israelite peoples or nations. The term gentiles is derived from Latin, used for contextual translation, and not an original Hebrew or Greek word from the Bible.

And yet we have Judeo-Zionist-Christendumbers repeating this lie over and over - which is what the jews have done for centuries - lie.

Their lies that get repeated ad naseum without being challenged is why most people including the Judeo-Zionist-Christendumbers believe the word Gentile means non-jewish.

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The Deceptive Use of the Word Gentile in Scripture

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The Scriptures were originally written in either Hebrew or Greek, not English. What translators do, is just that, translate the original languages into - in our case - English. To do this, the translators should use English words, not Latin words.

The word Gentile is a Latin word, gentilis and it meant, at the time of the Roman occupation of Palestine, "non-Roman citizen" not nation, the Greek word ethnos it is translated for.

There was/is no need to use a Latin word when translating into English the Greek or Hebrew words, ethnos or goy respectively, as there is an English word that can and should be used to translate these two words - that word is, nation. Nation is the English word that means goy or ethnos, not Gentile. English translations are just that, English translations, not Latin translations. The word Gentile does not mean nation in the first place, which is what the two words in the original languages mean.

If we were to use the Latin word Gentile in Genesis 12:2 we'd get this:

2 And I will make of thee a great Gentile, (goy) and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

instead of:

2 And I will make of thee a great nation, (goy) and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

and in Genesis 25:23 we'd get this:

23 And the LORD said unto her, Two Gentiles (goyim) are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

instead of this:

23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations (goyim) are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

Did Yahweh promise to make Abram a great Gentile and was Jacob and Esau two Gentiles in Rebecca's womb? Ridiculous, just as ridiculous the other renderings are, except when one has a universalist theology and an agenda.

In the New Testament we have the Greek word ethnos used in Luke 7:

"He (the Roman Centurion) loveth our ethnos, and hath built us a synagogue." The jews would never praise anyone for loving the Gentiles: and the Centurion would not have built a synagogue for the Gentiles. So, to avoid absurdity, the translators were forced to translate ethnos correctly, as nation." See Who Are the Gentiles?

Further, the translators used the Latin word Gentile about 600 years after the original Greek word ethnos and hundreds if not thousands of years after the Hebrew word - goy were used in the original texts.

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