Very good.
Did you know that the time that they translated the King James Bible,
nobody said "saith," "doeth," "goeth," "goest," "hast"?
Did you know that?
Do you know why they used those words?
Because English, Classical English, had a way to tell when you were talking
to one person, versus many people.
Many people has a "y."
One person has a "t."
Thee, thou, thy, thine, that's the "t" at the beginning.
Doest, doeth, the "t" is the singular.
And there was no way that the English language,
as it was starting to change, from that point, was going to keep
that ability to separate them.
In Spanish you can do it.
Right?
You have "tu."
You have "vosotros."
You have "Usted."
You have singular and plural.
But in English, you didn't have it.
So when they put this together, they made sure they correctly
gave you what God said.
Otherwise, you have a problem in John 3.
My goodness, what do you do in there?
It gets confusing.
Now I realize that Nicodemus is a guy by himself, talking to Jesus.
And Jesus said in verse 5, "Jesus answered, Verily, verily,
I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he
cannot enter into the kingdom of God."
"That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born
of the Spirit is spirit.
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again."
Now if you read it in the New King James
or a lot of other translations, it'll say "marvel not,"
"don't be surprised," "marvel," whatever it is, "that I said to you,
you must be born again."
Oh, so He's just talking to Nicodemus?
The only thing you can see in the context, is
He's talking to Nicodemus.
There's nothing that says He is talking to everybody.
There is ONE thing.
It's clear in the Greek.
And in the Classical English you have it preserved.
"Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again."
Look at when Jesus is talking to Peter, just before the agony in the Garden.
Notice the difference between the singular and the plural there.
Very interesting.
"Satan has..."
Oh, I can't tell you.
You'll have to look it up.
"Satan hath desired..." somebody.
You'll see whether it's thee, ye...
Read what it says.
It's amazing the things you will learn.
In Exodus--what is it-- Michael, my son,
found this in Bible study.
He was using the New King James when we did our big Bible study
one night, and he said, "Wait a second.
Did Moses sin?"
I went, "What?
Where?"
Because Moses was supposed to be this humble guy,
and did all these good things.
But in Exodus 16, look at verse 25.
25 "And Moses said, Eat that to day;
for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall
not find it in the field.
26 "Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day,
which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
27 "And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people
on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none."
Now, are they supposed to get out of their places on the Sabbath?
No.
Stay with your home.
Don't do anything.
28 "And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep
my commandments and my laws?"
Read it in any other version.
16:28.
Oh, wait!
He's not talking to Moses!
Well, He's talking TO Moses, but not ABOUT Moses.
If you just have "you" all the time, you don't know who's being talked to,
in these crucial places, because --where's Michael?
There he is-- Michael's the one.
He was a kid, saying, "Well, is God mad at Moses?"
Moses is refusing?
I didn't see him refusing.
No, "How long refuse YE" -- the people.
There are more.
I'm sorry it took so long on this one.