Today, I am posting another
one-minute commentary that I somehow neglected to publish earlier.
1004—pastor
My name is
Tom; this is Simple Church Minute. You
may have heard that the one place that the word “pastor” appears in the New
Testament is Ephesians 4 verse 11. In
English, this is true. A standard tenant
of the Christian faith is that we believe that God inspired the writers of the
Bible to say what they did in the original languages. In studying the Bible, one finds that the
original words have some extremely meaningful nuances, and, as much as we can
appreciate translations, they invariably and unavoidably add and delete
nuances. In the original Koine Greek,
the word translated “pastor” is poimen, and that appears 18 times in the New
Testament. All the other times it is
translated “shepherd” and refers to either a sheep herder, or that Jesus cares
for us as a shepherd cares for his sheep.
In Ephesians 4, there is reason to believe that the word is modifying
the following word, “teacher”. We have
no evidence of this being used to designate a type of leader in the church by
itself until after the Reformation. You
can find out more about simple worship at www.hrscn.org.
You can call me at 757-735-3639.
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