New Testament Refers to Being EndowedJohn W. Welch explained the meaning of the Greek word Enduo/Endued/Endowed:
"What is the meaning of the word endued or endowed? In Luke 24:49, shortly after his resurrection, Jesus told his Apostles, 'I send the promise of my Father upon you,' but they were to remain in Jerusalem, 'until ye be endued with power from on high.' (see also Acts 1:4–5, 8.) The Greek word in the text is enduo.
"Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (published in 1828) noted that the English word endue (or indue) 'coincides nearly in signification with endow, that is, to put on, to furnish... to put on something; to invest; to clothe.' The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary notes that endue means 'to put on as a garment; to clothe or cover.'(The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, 2 vols. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971), 1:863.) Indeed, Joseph Smith’s diary uses the spellings endument and endowment interchangeably, as when he prayed in December 1835 that all the elders might 'receive an endument, in thy house.' (Dean C. Jessee, ed., The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1984), p. 105.)
"The Greek word enduo has two main meanings. The first is 'to dress, to clothe someone,' or 'to clothe oneself in, to put on.' Second, the word can also be used figuratively, meaning to take on 'characteristics, virtues, intentions.'(Bauer et al., Greek-English Lexicon, p. 263.)"Thus, the endowment is a dressing not in ordinary clothes, but 'with power from on high' (Luke 24:49) and in the virtues and intentions of God. It involves the opportunity to 'put on [enedusasthe] Christ' (Gal. 3:27), so that 'this mortal [can] put on [endusasthai] immortality.' (1 Cor. 15:53.) It is possible to see both literal and figurative significance in the word enduo in connection with the desire of the pure in heart to be encircled in the robes of God’s righteousness" (New Testament Word Studies, Ensign, April 1993, pp. 28-30.)
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Gen_30:20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
2Ch_2:12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
2Ch_2:13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
Luk_24:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Jas_3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
endued does mean endowed. But as these verses show not as in an Endowment.
Jesus was talking about the Holy Spirit, not secret hand shakes. This is a distortion of the Bible. I realize you won't post this, so I'm going to tell you it's a bunch of indoctrination from your false religion. Talk about mistranslatinh the bible. This article is blasphemy.
Steve,
You may want to do more research before you write it off as not true. As with all things in the scriptures there are duel meanings, that was the Lord preferred way of teaching such as with the parables.
Anonymous,
Yes, Jesus was talking about the Holy Spirit and he was also taking about being endowed. You may want to do further research with not only Biblical references using a concordance but with extra-Biblical writings as well such as those found in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Nag Hammadi Library. See, the LDS have never been Bible only so we through the guidance of Latter-day prophets have a broader view of what the ancients believed.
For more information, please see this page:
http://ancient-wisdom-lds-temple.blogspot.com/
And especially these posts:
The Catholic Liturgy and the Mormon Temple
https://byustudies.byu.edu/PDFViewer.aspx?title=hidden&linkURL=21.1WellnitzCatholic-0af55761-eccd-4d09-8707-9ab79854cbdf.pdf
See 'Christ's 40-Day Ministry' and the other links at the bottom of that post:
*The 40-Day Ministry
*Evangelium Quadraginta Dierum: The Forty-day Mission of Christ-The Forgotten Heritage
*Forty Day Ministry of Christ
*Apocryphal Evidence for the 40-Day Mission of Christ
*Ante-Nicene Fathers (The Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325)
*Searching for the Mysteries of Godliness
*Words: Mysticism & Orientation
*The Forty Day Teachings of Christ in the Books of Jeu and the Pistis Sophia: A Gnostic Endowment
The Writing of the Forty Day Ministry
Early Egyptian Christianity
Non-LDS Source:
*The Secret Tradition
The Hidden Tradition of the Kingdom of God (book)
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