* Notice it is not “Jews and Gentiles” but “Greeks and Barbarians” * This is an ethnic difference * “Barbarian” o referred to people who did not speak Greek o since they did not speak Greek they did not have access to Greek knowledge and education. o The word “barbarian” comes from the way the languages sounded to the Greeks: “bar, bar, bar”. It is an onomatopoeic word that sounds like what it is suppose to define. o Many “barbarians” where intelligent, educated and cultured, but not in Greek. o The word is much more negative today than it was for Paul, although it did refer to “inferior” cultures. o The NIV translates it as “non-greeks” which captures the meaning of “barbarian” in that they were not educated with the Greeks. o Greeks would include Jews among the barbarians. Paul, Philo and Josephus never did.
Paul clarifies himself with the next statement. “Wise and Unintelligent”
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