Reader Opinions
Dr Mark S Gillum – (a house divided against itself cannot stand) August 19, 2020
This nation has forgotten who owns it. Jehovah God almighty in heaven who sits high and looks low. Heaven is his throne and this earth is his foot stool. You need to get it right that this speech that Abraham Lincoln made. Belongs to God and God alone! This is why this USA is in trouble now! God will not be replaced by anyone or anything! This is the original word holy spirit inspired of almighty God!
The word of God is not an idiom! Get it right America!
Matthew 12:22-28
New King James Version
A House Divided Cannot Stand
22 Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the [a]blind and mute man both spoke and saw. 23 And all the multitudes were amazed and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”
24 Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by [b]Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”
25 But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. 26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. 28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.”
Chanice – (bury the hatchet) August 19, 2020
I made it too easy to “bury the hatchet” as I was told to do only after I had already done so. My health is priority now when forgiveness comes easy it’s taken advantage of and taken for granted.
Hunczutpoffa – (the devil is beating his wife) August 18, 2020
Interesting that similar expressions exist in Arabic: “Satan is bathing (not beating!) his wife”
Mauritian Creole: “the devil is getting married under the chili bush”, both used in connection with sunshine+rain.
Urvi – (bell the cat) August 17, 2020
Once upon a time, there lived a cat and many mice in an old house. The cat used to eat a mouse every day. One day, the eldest mouse organized a meeting to find the solution to the problem. The youngest mouse suggested tying a bell around the cat’s neck. A mouse asked, “Who will bell the cat?” And then all the mice fell silent. Can you give a lesson to this story?
H – (accidentally on purpose) August 17, 2020
I’ve heard it used where something was literally done by accident, and on purpose. If you shoot Bob, thinking that it was Tom, then you shot him on purpose (you intended to shoot the person you saw) but it was an accident that Bob was the victim. You accidentally shot him on purpose.
Paul – (six of one, half a dozen of the other) August 16, 2020
Could this also mean 6 of 1 (dozen e.g. eggs) = 6 and 1/2 dozen (e.g. eggs again) = 6 so you it does not matter which on you pick.
Rosetta M. James – (on pins and needles) August 14, 2020
8/13/2020
In checking the origin of the expression “on pins and needles”, I see that one source lists the early 1900’s as its origin while several others list the early 1800’s. I wish I knew for sure because I am writing a play and wanted a character, Harriet Beecher Stowe, to use this in her dialogue. But, if this expression was not in use at this time (1830-1850), then I might be challenged by a grammar purist. However, I must submit this project in TWO days, so I will take my chances.
John WIL Haus – (go the extra mile) August 12, 2020
Yes, Roman soldiers could not require more than a mile, so the law abiding soldier would merely take his pack back after a mile. And going the extra mile for a solder that didn’t follow the law is not resistance. Jesus tells us not to resist the evil person. So, Anon’s interpretation is an outlier.
Bob Enyart – (dot the i’s and cross the t’s) August 11, 2020
Our modern phrase is an Anglicization of an ancient Hebrew expression as used by Jesus in Matthew 5:18. “For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.” The “jot”, iota (as in, “not one iota”), or yod, the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet and the tittle is the smallest stroke in a Hebrew letter.
Anonymous – (still waters run deep) August 11, 2020
Quiet but can be dangerous.
