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Sep 2, 2022 · In the Bible, bewitching is often directly related to witchcraft, a practice strongly forbidden by God (Leviticus 20:6; 1 Samuel 15:23; 2 Kings 23:24). God despises everything having to do with witchcraft or sorcery, because it replaces Him in people’s affections.
BDAG describes this words as: to exert an evil influence through the eye, bewitch, as with the 'evil eye'. Thus Paul uses a play on words in Gal 3:1 by saying, "who has bewitched you with that evil eye? It was before your very eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified."
- ἐβάσκανεν (ebaskanen) is from the root word βασκαίνω (baskainó) which only occurs in the NT in Gal 3:1. BDAG describes this words as: to exert an...
- My 1,700 page supplemented American Edition (1854) of Liddell & Scott gives baskania as blame, baskanos as envious, slanderous and talebearing;...
- There may be here an oblique reference to the origins of the culture of the Galatians -- i.e. Gauls - i.e. Celts, who came to that area earlier, wi...
- No. The two are unrelated. The ancient Greeks thought that vision was something that involved a force emanating from the eyes . So, it was thought...
Used by Permission. You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? - What is the meaning of Galatians 3:1?
English Standard Version. 1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. 2 Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish?
Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. 2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? 3 Are you so foolish?
Who has bewitched you: Bewitched has the idea that the Galatians were under some type of spell. Paul didn’t mean this literally, but their thinking was so clouded – and so unbiblical – that it seemed that some kind of spell had been cast over them. i. Barclay translates bewitched as put the evil eye on.
