外邦

作为一个主要由外来移民所组成的社会阶层，外邦人（Metics）是解读雅典城邦社会形态的重要载体。

As an estate that is mainly composed of foreign immigrants , metics is the important carrier to unscramble the Athenian polis .

马太认为外邦人应该行割礼吗？

P.D.M : Does Matthew believe that Gentiles should be circumcised ?

可怎样回答外邦的使者呢。

What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation ?

犹大因遭遇苦难，又因多服劳苦就迁到外邦。

After affliction and harsh labor , Judah has gone into exile .

如果我相信神的话，他会给我足够多的钱吗？（外邦人常常问的问题。）

Will God give me enough money if I believe in Him ?

这表示他是个敬拜神的外邦人，也相当有钱。

So he was apparently a God-fearing Gentile , and somewhat wealthy .

为何容外邦人说，他们的神在哪里呢？

Why may the nations say , where is now their god ?

就我们所知，他就是保罗第一位带领信主的外邦人。

He was Paul 's first Gentile convert that we know about .

只是不适用于耶稣的外邦追随者。

It 's just not binding on the Gentile followers of Jesus .

从今以后，我要往外邦人那里去。

From now on I will go to the Gentiles .

雅典外邦人的社会地位与历史作用

The status and historical effect of the Athenian Metics

他们不照耶和华所吩咐的灭绝外邦人

They did not destroy the nations , concerning whom the LORD commanded them

他将要被交给外邦人。

32He will be handed over to the Gentiles .

我已经在外邦挖井喝水。

I have dug wells in foreign lands and drunk the water there .

我们这生来的犹太人，不是外邦的罪人

We who are Jews by nature , and not sinners of the Gentiles

我们怎能在外邦唱耶和华的歌呢。

How shall we sing the lord 's song in a strange land ?

借给外邦人可以取利，只是借给你弟兄不可取利。

Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury ;

问题1.为什么福音转向外邦人传？

Q.1 why was the gospel turn turned to be proclaimed to gentiles ?

不也是作外邦人的神吗？

Is he not God of the Gentiles also ?

自我封闭的思想观念，形成了对外邦文化的藐视与排斥；

A self-closed ideological system determines the contempt and rejection of foreign culture ;

路加福音是在哪里提到外邦人的日期的？

Where is it that Luke talks about the time of the Gentiles ?

他认为外邦人进入教会，但仍要遵守犹太律法。

He sees Gentiles coming into the church but still being Torah observant .

外邦人都要仰望他的名。

And in his name shall the Gentiles trust .

他的将军是西西拉，住在外邦人的夏罗设。

The commander of his army was Sisera , who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim .

加二15我们是生来的犹太人，并不是出于外邦的罪人。

Gal.2:15 We are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles ;

10又说，你们外邦人，当与主的百姓一同欢乐。

And again he saith , Rejoice , ye Gentiles , with his people .

先知说，不然，主要借异邦人的嘴唇，和外邦人的舌头，对这百姓说话。

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people .

外邦人虚无的神中有能降雨的吗。

Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain ?

为什么？因为彼得不想向外邦人布道。

Why ? Because Peter does not want to take the message to Gentiles .

以斯帖则是嫁给外邦人的犹太女子，并因此救了她的民族。

Esther was a Jew who married a Gentile and saved her own nation .