What does Hospitality mean?

November 7, 2006, 10:40 pm
Filed under: Thoughts

Hey friends,

Here is an interesting comment. The devil really tries to cover up truth to keep us from living it. Look at this definition of Hospitality and how it changed. For those of you who don’t know the Webster Dictionary was published in the 1800′s and for Bible study, understanding some of the words in the KJV is more properly understood if you read the definition in the Webster’s 1828 dictionary. Here is what my friend send me in an email regarding this.

I spoke with Clyde Wilton (my greek teacher) today on the phone and he pointed this verse out to me.

Rom 12:13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. (KJV)
Rom 12.13 Contributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing the love of strangers. (Wilton Translation)

Interesting…

Hospitality (Websters 1828) 1. Receiving and entertaining strangers, with kindness and without reward;
Hospitality (www.webster.com) a. given to generous and cordial reception of guests b : promising or suggesting generous and cordial welcome c : offering a pleasant or sustaining environment

So what happened to this definition?