![]() ![]() See 2 Pe 2:22 for example of useĤ.ĚLLEGORY: Trent, "In the allegory, there is a blending, and interpretation of the thing signifying and the thing signified." An allegory transfers the properties of one thing to another rather than comparing one thing to another. PROVERB: Although sometimes used interchangeably with the Greek word "parable", (Jn 10:6 16:25,29) the parable is a comparison extended beyond the short use of the "wayside saying" of the proverb. Modernists view the creation story, miracles and the resurrection of Christ as mythical fantasy stories.ģ. A myth claims to be the truth itself, not a vehicle for truth like parables do. MYTH: Trench, "The mythical narrative presents itself not merely as the vehicle of the truth, but as being itself the truth: while in the parable we see the perfect distinction between form and essence, shell and kernel" The myth unconsciously mixes the symbol with the deeper meaning, the parable keeps the two separate. Why would Jesus use Jewish false doctrine and Pagan fables in the core of His teaching? Such is condemned in: (The word is used of Gnostic errors and of Jewish and profane fables and genealogies, in (example for use of fable in Greek):1 Tim. In the story of the Rich man and Lazarus, Luke 16:19-31 is viewed by Jehovah's witnesses as Parable, actually they view is as a fable. Parables teach divine wisdom through realistic, true to life stories. ![]() The fable just reaches that pitch of morality which the world will understand an approve.The parable differs from the fable, by moving in the spiritual world, and never transgressing the actual order of natural things." Fables teach human wisdom through fairy-tale like stories with speaking trees and animal. Trench in The Parables of the Lord says, "The parable is constructed to set forth a spiritual truth while the fable is essentially of the earth, and never lifts itself above the earth. gr: paroimia (denotes a wayside saying, a byword, maxim Jn 10:6 16:25,29ġ.ğABLE: R.C. It signifies a placing of one thing beside another with a view OT comparison."Ģ. Two different Greek words are translated "Parable" (Vine)ī)Ĝlose to paraballo (gr:"to throw or lay beside, to compare. ![]() The Parables of Jesus: Overview and SummaryĪ. ![]()
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