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Not a hair lost vs Persecution
The phrase “not a hair of your head will be lost” can be found in Luke 21:18. It’s important to interpret it in the context of the surrounding verses. In Luke 21:16-17, Jesus speaks about the persecution that His followers will face: “ You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death. Everyone will hate you because of me. ” Then in verse 18, He says, “ But not a hair of your head will perish. “ The phrase “not a hair of your head” is idiomatic to Greek and is not intended to be taken literally as though there were a threat to one’s personal mane. Here is one of several other examples in Scripture: Acts 27:34 : “Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head. ” No immediate impending threat to any of their heads existed (e.g. no one was being threatened with beheadment). In all likelihood many of the prisoners who swam ashore after the...
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