3162.-Soul and Life by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 21, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 24.

3162.—Soul and Life

By Editor

Is it true, as some say, that the words "soul" and "life" in Matt. 10:28, 39 are from the same Greek word? If so, why was it rendered by two words instead of one in both places? A. L. M.

Both words are from the same Greek word psuche. We can not tell why it was not rendered "life" in both cases, for that is what it means. Evidently it was thought the expression sounded better in the 28th verse to render "soul," in contradistinction to "body." The idea, however, is the animal or soulical life.