Jesus was interpolated into Romans 1, 1-17

[SeniorCitizen007]

When all references to Jesus in the Greek text (the 1904 Nestle text) of Romans 1, 1-17 ARE REMOVED one is left with a text containing exactly 1000 letters. In this text the word "god" is used eight times. In each instance the first letter of the word "god", or the first letter of its definite article when it has one, is an EVEN number of letters from the beginning of the text. If the positions of these letters are totaled and divided by eight the result identifies the first letter of the Greek word for the "now", the "present moment".

 

There is further "structure" in this text that clearly shows that the author was a pretty smart guy. The odds against the structure happening by chance are such that it is obvious that it was intentional.

 

 

 

 

[SeniorCitizen007]

Thus the original text read ....

 

Paul, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

 First, I thank my God for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

 

... the rest of the text has no interpolations in it.

[pantheory]

SC007,

 

Only a couple of postings, wow!  Welcome to the EX forum. Hope you like it here and stay

 

Whoever figured out the numerology involved was probably a smart fellow, but as to the writer(s) of the passage, whether Paul himself or someone else, he probably had other interests than the encryptment of script and numerology. Historically encryptment of script had its place, but numerology is considered pseudo-science, maybe no more valuable than the mental exercise of crossword puzzles. IMO the bible has very little value to it. As a moral guide I would say that by secular standards it is no better than the morals of the archaic mindset from when it was written.