Articles by L. L. Caviness
Shall I Study Greek and Hebrew?
November 1935
Did you ever stop to think that the Book of books was not written hi English? No, God saw fit to have all the Old Testament written in Hebrew, except a very few chapters, which were written in Biblical Aramaic,…
"His Own" (John 1:11)
February 1937
In John 1:11 we read of the "true Light" that "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not." Reading the English only, one would naturally suppose that the expressions "His own," in the first and second clauses of this text, are…
How to Address the Deity
November 1947
There is a general principle which we must keep in mind in the matter of the form in which we address Deity, and that is, we must show proper reverence. In the Romance languages, in German, and in English there are two different forms used…
RESEARCH: Zion in the New Testament
April 1952
The need for careful discrimination in comparison of Old Testament and New Testament expressions is revealed in the use of the word "Zion." This word occurs many times in the Old Testament. It is the name of the south west hill of Jerusalem,…
Kindly Correctives
September 1932
The Need of Accuracy
L.L. Caviness
We have an important message to announce to the world, and it is essential Y Y that we be accurate in all we say, and in every…
Nature of the Divine Unity
May 1937
Nature of the Divine Unity
In John 10:30 we read Christ's own words.
He said, "I and My Father are one." Careful reading of the text in the English shows that the word "my" is in italics, which in the Bible means that it…
In Defense of Fundamentalism
March 1941
We all recognize the inroads of Modernism even among the clergymen of the popular Christian churches. Do we have a duty to combat this insidious, spreading error? It seems to me that we do.
What…
"Replenish the Earth" (Genesis 9:1)
August 1937
After the flood, God said to Noah and his sons: "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth." Gen. 9:1. The dictionary defines the word "replenish" as meaning "to fill again; stock anew; refill." This command, given after…
The Hebrew of Genesis 2:4, 5
December 1934
In Genesis 2:4, 5, we read in the Authorized Version, "These are the generations of every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew." The Mormons take this passage…
Which Tense in Isaiah 63?
September 1935
Which Tense in Isaiah 63?
In the King James Version of the sixty-third chapter of Isaiah, we find a number of verbs (1-4) in the future tense that are in past time in other versions. Which translation is correct?
There…