Whose Koilia is This?, with Jennifer Houston McNeel: John 7:38

Exegetically Speaking

The NRSV translates John 7:38, "Out of the believer's heart shall flow rivers of living water." Behind that stand entangled questions of the punctuation of the Greek sentences (punctuation is lacking in the earliest manuscripts), the meaning of the word κοιλία (koilia), and whose koilia is in mind. Another translation could be, "Out of Jesus' womb flow rivers of living water," which fits nicely with John's wider context. Dr. Jennifer McNeel is a NT professor at St. Mary's Ecumenical Institute in Baltimore, MD. She also teaches at United Lutheran Seminary and is active in leading church retreats. She has authored https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Infant-Nursing-Mother-Thessalonians/dp/1589839684/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0 Click to follow link." href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FPaul-Infant-Nursing-Mother-Thessalonians%2Fdp%2F1589839684%2Fref%3Dtmm_hrd_swatch_0&data=05%7C02%7Cjesse.doogan%40wheaton.edu%7Cb232ad1e8b7143462fbd08ddff39e511%7Cb7098c8ac6b24e8bba4c872cf5f00a20%7C0%7C0%7C638947346300387296%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=IQRHx300QVhIJ9jVGoJjOagmcOStP7f3t4%2B%2F5tIhEMo%3D&reserved=0"> Paul as Infant and Nursing Mother: Metaphor, Rhetoric, and Identity in 1 Thessalonians 2:5-8 and https://www.amazon.com/Under-Her-Wings-Motherhood-Testament/dp/080288508X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 Click to follow link." href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FUnder-Her-Wings-Motherhood-Testament%2Fdp%2F080288508X%2Fref%3Dtmm_pap_swatch_0&data=05%7C02%7Cjesse.doogan%40wheaton.edu%7Cb232ad1e8b7143462fbd08ddff39e511%7Cb7098c8ac6b24e8bba4c872cf5f00a20%7C0%7C0%7C638947346300400920%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XfCp5oQRH9l6bkAVtVdcWwr51%2FQ%2FVdveiwuXRkiE8Hw%3D&reserved=0"> Under Her Wings: Mothers and Motherhood in the New Testament.

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