I was reading this Parallel & Interlinear New Testament Polyglot: in Hebrew, Latin, Greek, English, German, and French and I was noticing some pretty interesting things. The image here is a picture of Matthew 1:18. I have underlined all the places where "Holy Spirit" occurs (except for Hebrew). At the top you'll see in Latin "Spiritu Sancto." "Sancto" is the equivalent of the English word "Holy" and is where we get the word Saint, Sanctified etc. "Spiritu" is where we get the English word "Spirit." Below the Latin is the Greek ("πνεύματος ἁγίο"). When we read the word "saint" in the New Testament it is in fact the same exact Greek word for "holy." Pronounced "Hagios." "Hagios Pneumatos." Or in Greek it always reads "Pneumatos Hagios" (Spirit Holy). "Saint" is hagios and "sanctified" is hagiazó. See the similarities? Hagios and Hagiazó mean "holy" and "to be made holy," respectively. Below the Greek you'll see German. English is a Germanic language. Many of our English and Old English words come from the Germanic language. You'll see I underlined the German equivalent of Holy Spirit which is "heiligen Geist." That is where we get the King James Translation of "Ghost" for Spirit. "Geist" is translated as "Ghost" in Old English. But "ghost" has become obsolete. We now use the word "Spirit." "Ghost" has taken on a whole new identity which shouldn't be mingled with biblical Christianity (imho). Below the German we see French and we can see "Saint Esprit." That French word "Saint" (Holy) is also derived from the Latin and "Esprit" is the same.
In the beginning of this book the author writes, "Why these Languages and Particular Versions? The short answer to this question is that these languages --Hebrew, Latin, Greek, English, German, French -- are the basic research languages for the field of New Testament studies..."
And I think this verse (Matt 1:18) highlights this fact perfectly! I pray God the Father and the Lord Jesus the Christ bless you through the study of His Word. Amen
Tommy Richards
