The
difficulty presented by the traditional description of this incident also
indicates a reason why the literal translation of the Greek text has been
used in Version Three of Reality Search and as a basis here together
with the Greek itself, for paraphrasing. At times popular descriptions of a
text can be misleading. On the other
hand if a reader is unhappy with a paraphrase of the text given here they
are welcome to revert to the literal translation available in Version Five
of Reality Search.
As noted in previous
versions of Reality Search the
gospels Sections about “the child” do not follow the same pattern as the
other Sections there. Therefore
minimal attempt has been made to analyse the
‘child’ Sections.
This whole passage above
reminds one of a verse in the psalms referring to adults who are
"still bearing fruit when they are old, still full of sap, still
green." It also calls to mind a verse from the Taoist book "Tao
Te Ching"
"..........Can you become as supple as a babe?"

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