I have seen churches named Maranatha but didn't really know what that meant. I was watching a progam that told what it means, do you know?
2007-03-12 15:40:27 · 13 answers · asked by Angelz 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Onomatopoeia-Explaination of the term that defines a word that imitates the sound it represents.
2007-03-12 15:50:32 · update #1
Early Christians used Maran Atha to identify each other as Christians and to also identify those who were not Christian.
2007-03-12 15:53:35 · update #2
Sunestaurowai- I did write Maran Atha didn't I.
2007-03-12 17:20:30 · update #3
"Our Lord has come" It aramic the language Jesus spoke,
You put the two word together and it spelled "Maranatha"
It a christians worship band.......I am pretty sure this is right.
If it not let me know.......
2007-03-12 15:48:13 · answer #1 · answered by ewf20612 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marana tha or Maran atha?
There are actually 2 DIFFERENT Aramaic phrases and because of the way the manuscripts were written (without spaces between words) we cannot be certain which was intended. EITHER meaning makes sense in light of the culture and language of the first century. I see that both renderings meanings have been mentioned and that some translations' notes indicate the ambiguity of the situation.
2007-03-12 15:44:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maranatha is an Aramaic (Syriac, see also Aramaic of Jesus) phrase occurring once only in the New Testament and also in the Didache which is part of the Apostolic Fathers collection. It is transliterated into Greek letters rather than translated, and is found at the end of Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians (1 Cor 16:22) as a farewell. The NRSV translates it as: "Our Lord, come!" but notes that it could also be translated as: "Our Lord has come"; the NIV translates: "Come, O Lord"; the NAB notes:
2007-03-12 15:44:16 · answer #3 · answered by lottyjoy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it means the Lord is coming.
2007-03-12 15:47:51 · answer #4 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our Lord comes.
2007-03-12 15:43:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is Maràn athà. Veni, Senior. Come, our Lord.
2007-03-12 15:59:14 · answer #6 · answered by ombra mattutina 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come, Lord.
2007-03-12 15:43:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Our Lord has come." Agnostic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maranatha
2007-03-12 15:44:47 · answer #8 · answered by Beavis Christ AM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of Chaldee origin (meaning our Lord has come)
2007-03-12 15:44:05 · answer #9 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the real question is: do YOU know what onomatopoeia means?
2007-03-12 15:42:58 · answer #10 · answered by NONAME 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋