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A strong case for Valentine's Day
1. A strong case for Valentine's Day
Matthew 9:12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. [kjv]
ο δε ακουσας ειπεν ου χρειαν εχουσιν οι ισχυοντες ιατρου αλλα οι κακως εχοντες [gnt]
at Iesus audiens ait non est opus valentibus medico sed male habentibus [v]
The Latin word
"valentibus" ≈ "strong" and is the source of the Latin name
"Valentine" meaning
"strong". From Saint
Valentine (there were two of them) comes the holiday known as Saint
Valentine's Day on February 14.
Valentine's Day has become a marketing bonanza and commercial celebration of love and romance.
[valence in chemistry in 1884, Emperor Valens and the Goths in 378 AD]
2. Matthew 9:12 Strong and wholesome words
Matthew 9:12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. [kjv]
ο δε ακουσας ειπεν ου χρειαν εχουσιν οι ισχυοντες ιατρου αλλα οι κακως εχοντες [gnt]
at Iesus audiens ait non est opus valentibus medico sed male habentibus [v]
The ancient Greek word
"ἰατρός" ≈ "physician" and is the source of the (second part of the) English word
"psychiatry". The Latin word
"medico" ≈ "physician" and is the source of the English word
"medical".
The ancient Greek word
"κακός" ≈ "worthless, useless". Jesus uses this word to describe the "
harmed" who need the "
Good News". The
KJV (King James Version) often translates this word as "
evil". This comes, in part, through the Latin word
"male" ≈ "badly, wrongly".
3. Matthew 9:13 Learn the meaning
Matthew 9:13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. [kjv]
πορευθεντες δε μαθετε τι εστιν ελεος θελω και ου θυσιαν ου γαρ ηλθον καλεσαι δικαιους αλλα αμαρτωλους [gnt]
… discite … misericordiam volo … sacrificium … vocare iustos … peccatores [v]
The "strong" (oppressors, translated "whole") are to "harmed" (oppressed, translated "sick") as
the "righteous" (of man's added rules) are to "sinners" (not good witnesses of man's added rules) where
the "doctor" or "healer" (Jesus) desires "mercy" (from the oppressors or "righteous") instead of "sacrifices" (required of the oppressed or "sinners").
Discuss: How do the analogies based on the meanings of the Greek words (and using context and How Jesus uses the words) change the meaning of what is said (from the English)?
4. Matthew 9:12-13 Verses
Matthew 9:12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. [kjv]
ο δε ακουσας ειπεν ου χρειαν εχουσιν οι ισχυοντες ιατρου αλλα οι κακως εχοντες [gnt]
at Iesus audiens ait non est opus valentibus medico sed male habentibus [v]
9:13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. [kjv]
πορευθεντες δε μαθετε τι εστιν ελεος θελω και ου θυσιαν ου γαρ ηλθον καλεσαι δικαιους αλλα αμαρτωλους [gnt]
… discite … misericordiam volo … sacrificium … vocare iustos … peccatores [v]
5. Matthew 9:12-13 Paraphrase
Matthew 9:12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. [kjv]
9:13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. [kjv]
The strong (who oppress the harmed) are righteous (in their own eyes) and do not want the healer (Jesus).
The harmed (who are oppressed by the strong) want a healer (Jesus).
Mercy is needed from the strong (who oppress) and not sacrifice from the harmed (as man's additions to God's laws).
I have not come to call the righteous (in their own eyes) as they do not want the healer (Jesus). (They will not listen nor repent)
I have come to call the sinners as they want the healer (Jesus). (They, at least, will listen and may or may not repent.)
6. Feast of Saint Valentine
The Feast of Saint Valentine was established on February 14 in 496 AD by
Pope Gelasius in honor of
Saint Valentine of Rome who was martyred in 269 AD, about 50 years before Christianity became tolerated and then the official religion of the Roman empire.
Saint Valentine's Day become connected with romantic love in the 1300's and 1400's with ideas of "
courtly love", "
lovebirds" in early spring, etc.
What does it mean to "do it for love"?
In the 1700's in England it became a time when couples expressed their love for each other with gifts and other tokens of love such as cards, candy, etc.
7. Commercial forces
Commercial forces have taken over the original idea of Valentine's Day. Which logo makes the most cents? For whom does it make cents? Has this trend moved to college and then to high schools?
A similar thing happen with Saint Nicholas after moving his day from December 5 to December 25 in the Middle Ages and, at times since, often emphasizing Santa Claus more than Christ at Christmas. To counter this, Luther introduced the "
Christ child" or "
Kristkind" whose name, through Dutch, became "
Kris Kringle".
8. Latin
Matthew 9:12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. [kjv]
ο δε ακουσας ειπεν ου χρειαν εχουσιν οι ισχυοντες ιατρου αλλα οι κακως εχοντες [gnt]
This verse is interesting in that some of the words had different meanings in the Greek.
9. Matthew 9:12
KJV: But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
Greek: ο δε ιησους ακουσας ειπεν αυτοις ου χρειαν εχουσιν οι ισχυοντες ιατρου αλλ αλλα οι κακως εχοντες
Latin: at Iesus audiens ait non est opus valentibus medico sed male habentibus
Wessex: & se haelend cweð þe þis ge-hyrde. Nis halen laeches nan þarf. ac seoken.
Wycliffe: And Jhesus herde, and seide, A leche is not nedeful to men that faren wel, but to men that ben yuel at ese.
Tyndale: When Iesus herde that he sayde vnto them: The whole neade not the phisicion but they that are sicke.
Luther: Da das Jesus hörete, sprach er zu ihnen: Die Starken bedürfen des Arztes nicht, sondern die Kranken.
Spanish: Y oyéndolo Jesús, les dijo: Los que están sanos no tienen necesidad de médico, sino los que están enfermos.
10. Emperor Valens and Adrianople
Roman emperor
Valens (328-378), whose name meant "
strong", ruled from 364 to 378 AD. He was the younger brother of emperor Valentinian I.
Emperor
Valens was best known for being defeated and killed (as was much of his Roman army) by the Goths at the
Battle of Adrianople in 378.
It is ironic that a Caesar whose name meant "
strong" lost the battle (and his life) that is considered the start of the fall (falling apart) of the Western Roman Empire. The Eastern Roman Empire at Constantinople lasted another thousand years. [Daniel and the prophetic statue]
The ancient Greek name
"Οὐάλης" ≈ "Valens".
11. Valence in chemistry
The term "
valence" is used in chemistry and is used to refer to the combining power of an atomic element and is measured in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms it can combine with, displace, etc.
In English, the word dates to 1425. William Higgins used the term in 1789 as "
valency bonds" for "
ultimate particles".
The "
combining power of an element" comes from German, first used in 1884, from the German word
"Valenz" ≈ "valence".
In 1927 German physicist Friedrich Hund proposed a set of rules for
electron orbitals (s, p, d, f) that are often called
Hund's Rules. Some of the rules taught in chemistry class do not work for certain atoms.
12. Valence
In literature, "valence" refers to some intrinsic goodness.
The term "valence" is often used to refer to moral character - either lack of moral character or having moral character.
13. Ash Wednesday and Lent (and more) from the Bible
Lent begins after
Fastnacht Tuesday on
Ash Wednesday and ends at
Easter.
The "ashes" in Ash Wednesday represent "dust".
The term "Fastnacht" literally means the "night before the fast".
The French word "Mardi Gras" ≈ "Mardi Gras" as "Fat Tuesday".
Lent is noticeable for daylight hours
lengthening.
The Old English word "lencten" ≈ "spring".
The (older) German word "Lenz" ≈ "spring".
The Old English word "
lencten" and the German word
"Lenz" ≈ "spring" (dated) may be related to the word for "
long" or "
lengthen" as in the lengthening of days in the Spring time.
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