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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 6122197" data-attributes="member: 56035">&quot;Once you sit down and look at the original Hebrew and read the rest of the Scripture, it tells you exactly what it means. The problem is you got this guy, Jesus, who was the founder, and he was pretty clear. So for example, the first sermon he preached, he said, ‘‘The spirit of the Lord is upon me to give good news to the poor.’’ Luke wrote about this in the Gospel, using a Greek word for poor, ptochos. In Roman society at the time, ptochos meant those who’ve been made poor<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/28/magazine/william-barber-interview.html#tooltip-4" target="_blank">because of exploitation.4</a>&nbsp;There were other words Luke could have used for poor, but he didn’t — he used ptochos&quot; - william barber[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/28/magazine/william-barber-interview.html[/URL]Jesus said, ‘‘Love your neighbor.’’ - william barber</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 6122197, member: 56035"] "Once you sit down and look at the original Hebrew and read the rest of the Scripture, it tells you exactly what it means. The problem is you got this guy, Jesus, who was the founder, and he was pretty clear. So for example, the first sermon he preached, he said, ‘‘The spirit of the Lord is upon me to give good news to the poor.’’ Luke wrote about this in the Gospel, using a Greek word for poor, [I]ptochos[/I].[B] [/B]In Roman society at the time, [I]ptochos[/I] meant those who’ve been made poor [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/28/magazine/william-barber-interview.html#tooltip-4']because of exploitation.[B]4[/B][/URL] There were other words Luke could have used for poor, but he didn’t — he used [I]ptochos" - william barber [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/28/magazine/william-barber-interview.html[/URL] Jesus said, ‘‘Love your neighbor.’’ - william barber[/I] [/QUOTE]

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