The last two replies don't even make sense. The issue has nothing to do whether it was disrespectful to call the Father by Jehovah because Jehovah is not a name its an Attribute or Tilte of God!
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22Why Jesus didnt address the Father as Jehovah?
by Tino insince the jehovah witnesses claim that god must always be referred to jehovah and the fact that others don't do this proves jehovah's witnesses are the only true church, why is god not always identified as jehovah in the bible?
why did jesus not address the father as jehovah?.
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Are Jehovah's Witnesses being obedient to Acts 1:8?
by Tino inthe jehovah's witnesses teach that the only true name for god is "jehovah", and that the only way god's name can be sanctified is by calling god by his true name.to call god by any other name is to dishonor him.since the jehovah's witnesses put an exclusive emphasis on the name "jehovah', how can they honestly say they are being obedient to acts 1:8?
keep in mind the insertion of the word "jehovah" in the new testament by jehovah's witnesses goes completely against what is found in the early manuscripts of the new testament.
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Tino
If that's the case then Jesus would have said to be witness of me and Jehovah which proves that he is God!
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Are Jehovah's Witnesses being obedient to Acts 1:8?
by Tino inthe jehovah's witnesses teach that the only true name for god is "jehovah", and that the only way god's name can be sanctified is by calling god by his true name.to call god by any other name is to dishonor him.since the jehovah's witnesses put an exclusive emphasis on the name "jehovah', how can they honestly say they are being obedient to acts 1:8?
keep in mind the insertion of the word "jehovah" in the new testament by jehovah's witnesses goes completely against what is found in the early manuscripts of the new testament.
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The Jehovah's Witnesses teach that the only true name for God is "Jehovah", and that the only way God's name can be sanctified is by calling God by his true name.To call God by any other name is to dishonor him.Since the Jehovah's Witnesses put an exclusive emphasis on the name "Jehovah', how can they honestly say they are being obedient to Acts 1:8? Keep in mind the insertion of the word "Jehovah" in the New Testament by Jehovah's Witnesses goes completely against what is found in the early manuscripts of the New Testament.
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Why Jesus didnt address the Father as Jehovah?
by Tino insince the jehovah witnesses claim that god must always be referred to jehovah and the fact that others don't do this proves jehovah's witnesses are the only true church, why is god not always identified as jehovah in the bible?
why did jesus not address the father as jehovah?.
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No credibility lost on the statement about what language the bible was translated into because the languages spoken during Jesus time was mostly Hebrew and when they wrote the New Testament they took it from the language that was spoken and it wasn't Greek it was written in Greek , but translated from the language spoken at that perticular time just look into the history!
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Why Jesus didnt address the Father as Jehovah?
by Tino insince the jehovah witnesses claim that god must always be referred to jehovah and the fact that others don't do this proves jehovah's witnesses are the only true church, why is god not always identified as jehovah in the bible?
why did jesus not address the father as jehovah?.
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Last reply was almost good, but remember that the language spoken during Jesus time was Hebrew and very little Aramaic not Greek so Jesus did have an opportunity to call the Father "Jehovah", the point is that Jehovah is NOT a name it is a title or attribute of GOD! The Bible was translated into Greek years after the actual events of the New Testament I guess people forgot that! The word "Jehovah" comes from Adonai which is the equivalent to kurios(Lord) in Greek applied to Jesus so Jehovah is not the correct word to use. The Jehovah's Witnesses have created a false argument saying that Jehovah is a aname when it isn't and thats what we need to look at!
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Why Jesus didnt address the Father as Jehovah?
by Tino insince the jehovah witnesses claim that god must always be referred to jehovah and the fact that others don't do this proves jehovah's witnesses are the only true church, why is god not always identified as jehovah in the bible?
why did jesus not address the father as jehovah?.
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First the word Jehovah came about because the ancient Jews had a superstitious dread of pronouncing the name YHWH for fear they would violate the commandment not to take God's name in vain. To avoid the possibility of breaking this commandment, the Jews sustituted the name "Adonai" (Lord) in its place when ever they read it in scripture. Eventually the scribes inserted the vowels from Adonai within the consonants YHWH and the result was Yahowah, or Jehovah. Jehovah was a man-made term.
Jehovah is not the only name in the bible used to refer to God. Many times in scripture God is referred to as "the God of Abraham, the God of Issac, and the God of Jacob". Because God is referred to by other names in the Old Testament, Exodus 3:15 cannot be taken, as the Jehovah's Witnesses do, to mean that Jehovah is the only name by which God can be addressed.
In the New Testament, Jesus NEVER addressed the Father as Jehovah. If the Watchtower Society is correct that God must always be referred to as Jehovah, then Jesus was way out of line. Jesus began many prayers with, Our Father. We are told as Christians to cry out to our God as " Abba, Father" (Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:6). According to the Greek manuscripts the word Jehovah does not occur a single time in the New Testament.
In addition the word Jehovah is not even a name it is a title that simply means Lord, so Jesus addressing the Father as Jehovah wouldn't be out of line, he would just be calling him Lord. JW's need to understand that Jehovah's (the Lord's) name is Jesus! I think they should obey Acts 4:12 where it says: "There is NO OTHER name in which we are saved!" and thats because there was no other name given but JESUS, provind that the word Jehovah is simply a title or attribute of GOD!
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Why Jesus didnt address the Father as Jehovah?
by Tino insince the jehovah witnesses claim that god must always be referred to jehovah and the fact that others don't do this proves jehovah's witnesses are the only true church, why is god not always identified as jehovah in the bible?
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Since the Jehovah Witnesses claim that God must always be referred to Jehovah and the fact that others don't do this proves Jehovah's Witnesses are the only true church, why is God not always identified as Jehovah in the bible? Why did Jesus not address the Father as Jehovah?
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Why did Jesus not address the Father as Jehovah?