This is a series continued from a previous blog, which focused on finding a certain turn of phrase found while reading the bible, and as a side point showing how the text can seem to take a rather different tone and meaning if removed from context. Essentially though, it is somewhat tongue in cheek.
The latest offering finds it's amusement value in the context of my present vocation. It comes from the end of Mark 5:35, in the story of the Jairus' daughter. In the story, one of the members of Jairus' household comes with news that the daughter is dead, and then asks the question:
I think I'm going to have that printed and posted at the back of my classes...
The latest offering finds it's amusement value in the context of my present vocation. It comes from the end of Mark 5:35, in the story of the Jairus' daughter. In the story, one of the members of Jairus' household comes with news that the daughter is dead, and then asks the question:
Why trouble the teacher any further?
I think I'm going to have that printed and posted at the back of my classes...
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