Thursday, August 04, 2005

"sozo" - healed, restored, saved

"... the Greek word sozo, which is usually translated "saved," can also mean healed, restored, that sort of thing. So the conventional translation narrows the meaning of the word in a way that can create false expectations. I thought he should be aware that grace is not so poor a thing that it cannot present itself in any number of ways."

Gilead, p. 239-40, Marilynne Robinson, 2004

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