G142

• {"n":"John 15:2","s":"Every branch that beareth not fruit he taketh away. The verb also means lifts up.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=john-15-2","r":"John 15:2","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Nearly every version reads takes away or cuts off. A minority of commentators and study notes argue for lifts up. No major version prints it."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**He picked up the coat.** **He picked up the litter.** Same verb, and one means raising something and the other means removing it. Only the object and the situation tell you which."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Airo means to lift, to raise, to carry, and also to take away or remove. It is the verb used for taking up a bed at John 5:8 and for taking away sin at John 1:29. Vinedressers did lift trailing branches off the ground so they could fruit, which is the practical case for the other reading."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"No English verb means lift-and-therefore-carry-off. Pick up comes close, and reads too casual for the register."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"When a verb covers both raising and removing, the choice is usually made by what the interpreter already thinks the passage is about. That is worth noticing in yourself before you settle it."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Takes away has the weight of usage, the parallel with the burning in verse 6, and nearly every translation. Lifts up has the horticulture and a kinder reading of the chapter. The lexicon permits both and the context leans toward the first."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u03b1\u1f34\u03c1\u03c9 airo \u00b7 G142"}],"src":["airo as lift or carry: John 5:8-12; Matthew 16:24","airo as remove: John 1:29; 11:48; 19:31","The burning in John 15:6 is the strongest contextual argument for takes away"]}