James 5:14

"Is any among you un-firm?  Let him call for the elders of the out-called; and let them toward-good-have over him, rubbing him with olive-oil in the name of the Affirmer."

In the Etymological New Testament the request toward those of some experience (elders) in the community, is that they do two things: First, the elders "toward-good-have", that is, they hold this infirm person in goodness (well-being).  Next, they are to be "rubbing him with olive-oil."  One of the stated purposes of ultra literal translation is that we might slow down and think through the text again.

Was James teaching a new "church sacrament"?  Was he teaching "faith healing?"  Different groups have embraced these views.  The etymology of the word "anoint" comes from a root meaning "to rub." 
In the widest sense, James may simply be reflecting the view that there were those experienced persons in their first century community who could pray with someone and then rub them with olive oil...in a non-sacramental and non-faith-healing context.  For many of our feelings of infirmity, even in this 21st century, the best treatment may be others who will hold us in the Light and provide some physical therapy.

John 1:38,39

"And Jesus turned, and beheld them following, and saith unto them, What do you seek?

And they said said unto him, My-Much (which is to say, being after-translated, Teacher), Where abideth thou?

He saith unto them, Be coming and be perceiving."

The Etymological New Testament translates as "My-Much" rather than as Rabbi in order to reflect the very literal Aramaic components of the word typically translated as Rabbi.  And we gain, perhaps, a little insight into why Jesus taught (in Matthew 23) that we should not call someone "My-Much."

In answer to their basic question about him, Jesus replied with something close to an invitation.  The ENT once again makes the present tense emphatic in Jesus' answer: Be coming and be perceiving. A continuous invitation to see and understand!

John 1:35,36

"Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his learners; and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Be perceiving the Lamb of Placer!"

The Greek word usually translated "disciple" comes from the root sense of "to learn", not "to be disciplined."  The Etymological New Testament is ultra-literal in translating MATHETES as "learner."  In this case it was two persons. who were learning from John, who heard his cry concerning Jesus.

When significant, the ENT makes the Greek present tense explicit. In this passage, John issues a challenge: Be perceiving.  Continually, habitually perceive this Lamb of Placer.  The very literal and emphatic language makes our necessary practice clear.  Our need is for non-stop perception of Jesus as Lamb.  

John 1:33

"And I had not perceived him: but the one who sent me to dip in water, the same said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt perceive the Wind down-stepping, and abiding upon him, the same is he who is dipping in Holy Wind."

John had not perceived Jesus, not really.  But just as surely as John knew his 'sending' to dip in water, so he knew that he would see one upon whom the Wind would descend or, ultra-literally, "down-step" as in the Etymological New Testament.  Like John, we must be open and sensitive to the wind, its motions and swirling patterns.  More importantly, whereas John's ministry of dipping in water was a transient thing, this being dipped in Holy Wind is "abiding."   So, the wind helps us to know.  And, it is that in which we are plunged.


And when these things happen, we will perceive Jesus.

John 1:29

"On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Be perceiving the Lamb of Placer, who is lifting the un-mark of the system!"  John had just denied that he was the Anointing.  And now he sees Jesus coming toward him...and he knows! This is the Lamb of Placer.  This is the one who, very literally, "is lifting" the system's un-mark.  Rather than the Latin based word "sin", the Etymological New Testament reflects the two part Greek word, HAMARTIA, un-mark, to miss the mark.  And this world's system is ruled by a missing of the mark. John recognized that Jesus was crucial as the one who would be lifting this un-mark from the system, with powerful implications for our lives.

John 1:18

"No one hath seen Placer at any time; the uniquely-becoming Son, who is in the bosom of Abba, he hath out-led."  Our need for Jesus to "out-lead" Placer to us is very simple: None of us has really seen Placer.  We must have the uniquely-becoming Son setting forth, by his life and teaching, the presence of Abba.  Jesus is MONOGENES, unique in his becoming.  And we may be born into this presence as we trust in the Son.  .

John 1:16,17

"For of his fullness we all received, and grace instead of grace.  For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth became through Jesus Anointing."  Typically translated "for" in this verse, the Greek preposition ANTI is very literal, here, in the Etymological New Testament: "instead."  Part of the blessing of fullness that we all receive is this onslaught of grace. Grace instead of grace!  Grace's companion in the Anointing is Truth.  These two qualities belong together, grace and truth.  To sever them is to lose both. And they both "became" what they really are, in Jesus Anointing.