Clivedurdle

I wonder if this might be quite simply understood.

Breath and spirit were thought to be the same or very similar. Speaking requires breathing. Blasphemy might not have been about what was said but by expressing unclean thoughts verbally you allow demons in.

So speaking against the Holy Spirit directly allows Satan into your mouth and therefore body, which as a xian is the temple of the holy spirit.

Has anyone got a link to a simple explanation of how the body was understood - weren't thoughts from the heart and the brain a sperm cooling device?

hatsoff

They were?

Clivedurdle

Rauch

mikem

Yes actually. Hebrew has severl words with related meanings often found in the OT. NEPHESH can mean breath or soul, RUACH can mean breath or spirit. In the New Testament the word PNEUMA can mean either Breath or Spirit.