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Originally Posted by HERn
Not that Scofield's comments are the "cat's meow", but here's what's in his 1917 version:
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2:6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Nicolaitanes
From nikao, "to conquer," and laos, "the people," or "laity." There is no ancient authority for a sect of the Nicolaitanes. If the word is symbolic it refers to the earliest form of the notion of a priestly order, or "clergy," which later divided an equal brotherhood Matthew 23:8 into "priests" and "laity." What in Ephesus was "deeds" Revelation 2:6 had become in Pergamos a "doctrine Revelation 2:15 .
Nicolaitanes Revelation 2:15, contra, ; 1 Peter 5:2 1 Peter 5:3 ; Matthew 24:49 .
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WL made reference to this somewhere and during my "due diligence" early days I found it, which helped me swallow the whole thing "hook, line, and sinker".
Does anyone know if Scofield was anti-cleric?
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Well he probably wouldn't buy Nike shoes ... I don't know. But good catch HERn.
Still, Scofield is prolly in the list of Lee's outdated Bible scholars, that Nigel mentions.
I'm keeping an eye open. I have yet to see anyone touching upon Nigel's fatal error.