Passages In Which Psukee Applies To God Or Christ.

By William Robert West

1. Matthew 12:18 "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul [life-soul-psukee] is well pleased."

"My loved one in whom I [psukee] delight" New American Bible.
"My beloved, in whom I [psukee] take delight" Revised English Bible.

2. Matthew 26:38 "Then said he unto them, My soul [life-soul-psukee] is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide you here, and watch with me." Mark 14:34 "And he said unto them, My soul [life-soul-psukee] is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: abide you here, and watch."

"Then he said to them, 'I [psukee] am deeply grieved, even to death'" Matthew 26:38 New Revised Standard Version.
"My heart [psukee] is nearly broken with sorrow" New American Bible.
"My heart [psukee] is ready to break with grief" Revised English Bible.

Matthew 20:28 "Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life [life-soul-psukee] a ransom for many." Mark 10:45 "For the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life [life-soul-psukee] a ransom for many."
John 10:11 "I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd lays down his life [life-soul-psukee] for the sheep. 12 He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholds the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees, and the wolf snatches them, and scatters [them]: 13 [he flees] because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me, 15 even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life [life-soul-psukee] for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd. 17 Therefore, the Father loves me, because I lay down my life [life-soul-psukee], that I may take it again." An immortal soul, as taught today, cannot die, therefore, the translators could not say Christ gave up His immortal soul. He gives His life, not an immortal soul.
John 12:27 "Now is my soul [life-soul-psukee] troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour."

"Now my heart is troubled" New International Version.

6. Acts 2:27 "Because you will not leave my soul [life-soul-psukee] unto Hades, neither will you give your Holy One to see corruption."

"You will not abandon me [psukee] to the grave" New International Version.
"You will not abandon me [psukee] to death" Revised English Bible.

7. Acts 2:31 "He foreseeing [this] spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was

he [life-soul-psukee] left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption."

The same word is translated "soul" in Acts 2:27 and "he" in Acts 2:31 in the King James Version.

8. Hebrews 10:38 "But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul

[life-soul-psukee] has no pleasure in him." In these passages, soul or life refers to God or Christ.

"And if he shrinks back, I [psukee] will not be pleased with him" New International Version.
"And if he draws back I [psukee] take no pleasure in him" New American Bible.
"But if anyone shrinks back, I [psukee] take no pleasure in him" Revised English Bible.