rwp - Matthew:18:8

rwp@Matthew:18:8 @In verses 8| and 9| we have one of the dualities or doublets in Matthew (5:29-30|). Jesus repeated his pungent sayings many times. Instead of \eis geennan\ (5:29|) we have \eis to pur to ainion\ and at the end of verse 9| \tou puros\ is added to \tn geennan\. This is the first use in Matthew of \ainios\. We have it again in strkjv@19:16,29| with \zo\, in strkjv@25:41| with \pur\, in strkjv@25:46| with \kolasin\ and \zon\. The word means ageless, without beginning or end as of God (Romans:16:26|), without beginning as in strkjv@Romans:16:25|, without end as here and often. The effort to make it mean "\aeonian\" fire will make it mean "\aeonian\" life also. If the punishment is limited, _ipso facto_ the life is shortened. In verse 9| also \monophthalmon\ occurs. It is an Ionic compound in Herodotus that is condemned by the Atticists, but it is revived in the vernacular _Koin_. Literally one-eyed. Here only and strkjv@Mark:9:47| in the New Testament.