The Bible’s view on eunuchs

June 13th, 2009 5:36 pm by Mizopa

Saw this reference to Matthew 19:12 while going through the website of an NGO:

“For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.”

I am not sure about the New Testament’s interpretation of it, so leaving it open for discussion in this forum.

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32 Responses to “The Bible’s view on eunuchs”

  1. 1
    goldy Says:

    “And God saw every thing that he had made,and,behold,it was very good…”Genesis 1:31.(In short God loves us all.)

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    mzvision Says:

    God made us to get married and have kids not divorce. but there are some guys 1) who cannot do dot dot due to birth disorder, 2)like catholic priest who devoted not to do dot dot dot in order to serve (God) better 3) some less lucky who donot get partner for dot dot dot

    all may be called eunuchs but what i wanna share is the third – these guys can receive or give dot dot dot – so it’s against the will of God perhaps to remain eunuchs – if there are any amongst misual dot com-ers let us help them find partner for them to do dot dot dot :lol:

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  3. 3
    Borat Says:

    Let us leave aside what the New testament says about Homos. In the Old Testament, eunuchs sounded like Cabinet Ministers (people with deep connectiona with top government things)

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  4. 4
    XaiA Says:

    Mizo Bible ah chuan mitilreh an ti a,Gay lampang a kawh loh hmel.Hman lai lal nupui rual vengtu ah an hmang thin.Borat sawi ang khian hnapawimawh tak an chelh fo nia.Philipa pawn a baptis kha.

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  5. 5
    chhana Says:

    Hmeichhe ho hian mipa pawngsual an tawk ta fo mai. Hetiang hian misual.comer nula ho thu kan rawn teh ang che u. Vanduai thil thuah pawngsual pawh in la tawk maithei. Chutih hunah chuan in theihtawpa in tan hnu pawha tlawm dawna in inhriat chuan thiam takin han awm ula; duh awm takin han fawh sak vel ula, an zauthau hunah tak mai khan han sehsak ngheng mai ula. Kumkhuaa hmeichhe pawngsual leh tawh ngai lo turin an til in reh sak a ni mai.

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    H.Vangchhia Says:

    God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve.

    Pathian in mihring a siam a, a kawppui atan hmeichhia a siam leh a… mihring asiam hma a a thil siam te nen chuan an thlir vel a, mawi a ti em em a… Pathian in a thilsiam mawi a tih em em lai khan, mawngkawhur an awmlo… tun ah chuana hlim tawh vak lo maithei hairehai

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    H.Vangchhia Says:

    chawnghilh in min correct se, (a tul chuan). Tak tak an a… hmanlai khan bawih nei ten emaw an bawih te kha an til an reh sak thin niawm tak a ni. Ka hriat sual loh chuan an bawih te khan an pi te emaw! an lo rai palh an hlauh vang niin ka hria.

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    chawnghilh Says:

    Hmasang hun laia Israel leh ‘rel lo lalte kha lal tak an ni; an hausakzia leh awmtheihzia lantirna hrawl ber pawl nia lang chu —nupui tam tak an neih theihah an lantir ngei bawk trhin. A nei tam tam kha hausaa tehna chi khat a ni pah tlat.

    An nupuite chu dahkhawmna bik in, HARLEM an tihah an dah khawm a; chutah chuan lal nupuite leh hmeite viltu tur, nihna chungnung tak chelhtute kha EUNUCHS an ni; mi-tilreh tiin kan sawi ve mai. Chunghote chuan sex an nei ngai lo a ni hran lo; nei pawh ni se, chi thlah an thei lo a ni.

    Pathian ngaihsak tak tak pawh an awm tho va; Eunuch pakhat kan hriat pawh … Ethiopia ram atrang daihin ropui takin Jerusalem Temple-ah a rawn inkhawm ngat a ni. Inkhawmna Temple-ah Lalpa Isua Krista chanchin a dawng lo a ni mai thei; hawn kawng thlaler-ah Thlarau Thianghlim tirhin Deacon Phillip-a khan sakawrtawlailir (chutih hun laia an Mercedez Car)-a chuang chu va pawl-hlimin, Zawlnei Isaia lehkhabu zial a lo hlam duai duai chu a va hmu a; a chang chhiar lai mek pawh, “Talh turin beramno angin Ani chu an hruai a …” tih lai kha a lo ni a; Mitilreh chuan a chang chhiar awmzia chu a hre lo hle. “I chhiar lai mek kha a awmzia i hria em?” tiin Phillipan a zawt a; ani chuan, “Tuma mi hrilhfiah lohvin engtinnge a awmzia ka hriat theih ang,” a ti hmak!

    An inhrilhfiah ta a —Thlarau Thianghlim puihna liau liauvin, Beramno, a hmul mettu hma ngawi renga a awm angin … tih thu chuan Krista, Pathian Nung fapa chanchin a nihzia a phawkchhuak thiam ve ta a nih kha.

    Mi tam tak hi Biak Ina Krista tawk lo, hawn kawnga Krista hmu fuh ta kan tam ve viau zawk pawhin ka ring. Camping-na kher lo atrang pawhin Krista nen a intawh theih!

    Isua Krista hmingin kawng laka tui an tawn remchanah chuan, OASIS a nih ngei a rinawm —mitilreh chuan che-khawmuanga khek mai mai lovin, sual ngaihdamna baptisma a chang nghal ta a nih kha!

    Mi thenkhat chuan FALASHA JEWS an tih, Ethiopia rama mite hi Mitilreh rawngbawlna kal zela ringtu ni tate-ah an ngai a; a trhente erawh chuan Solomon-a’n Sheba Lalnu a lo rai tak, chumi thlah kal zelah chuan an ngai bawk.

    Falasha Jews-te pawh Israel ramah a trhen chu an kir ve tawh a; Ethiopia-ho zingah hian Hebrai trawng kalphung deuhva AMHARA intiho an awm a; chumi awmzia chu Zova chengte (highlanders) tihna a ni; Mizo trawng kamchhuak dik tak ang chuan MIZO tihna a nih chu!

    Ka va kal kual nasa … MI TILREH LO tak tak hi kan va tam awm!

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    H.Vangchhia Says:

    whew…ka hresual lo a nih dawn chu… :) a chiang lehzual e..ka hriat dan kha chu ka ziah ang lek fang khi a ni si a…!

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  10. 10
    chawnghilh Says:

    @HV : Ka rawn correct miah lo che, i ziak dik tak ka rawn thluaithlum sei deuh mai mai …

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  11. 11
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    a fiah ta kuk alawm :)

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    changban Says:

    and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.”

    heihi tute nge a Address ber??

    concise Oxford dic. 10 eddition:
    eunuch /”ju;n@k/
    · n. a man who has been castrated(til lak)??.
    – ORIGIN OE, via L. from Gk eunoukhos, lit. ‘bedroom guard’, from eunU ‘bed’ + a second element rel. to ekhein ‘to hold’.

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  13. 13
    mzvision Says:

    kan misual thil hmang ngai lo ho hi engtinnge kan tih ang :?: XaiA ziak a tawi fel ka fiah chawnghilh ziak a sei ka fiah leh zual :lol:

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  14. 14
    zualbonez Says:

    comment # 5 …ha ha ha…Amen, i tactic khi ka thlawp e!

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  15. 15
    zualbonez Says:

    bobbit sak hmaks mai tur

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    mzvision Says:

    In va nei lo ve nula senior lutuk kawppui neilo te, tlangval senior poh – hengho tan hian arrangement misual hian kan siam ang nge:?: Match making platform kan buaipui ang, nge Kohran kutah kan dah ang – kan tih vat loh chuan kan nula ho hian fa an nei thei lo mai tur ania ;)

    samuelapa te hian councillor tur ruai sela trha zek lo’ng maw “?” kan Pastor tlangval ho lah hi nula an rim ngam si lo, sawrkar hna neisa phei chu an ban a lo ngai bawk nen

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    chawnghilh Says:

    MI-TILREH … Mosia danah chuan an chan hi a hniam teh mai a; sawn-te nen level khat leka ngaih an ni (Deut. 23:1,2). Pahtian mite inhawrkhawmnaah reng reng an tel ve a thiang ngai lo.

    Mahse, Zawlnei Isaia khan, tlemin MI-TILREH-te inthlahrung lutuk lo turin a fuih hial a, Isaia 56:3-5 inkar thu-ah, “Mi-tilreh chuan,’En teh, thing ro ka nih hi,’ ti hek suh se … tiin!

    Mi-tilreh chuan a thil a hmang trangkai vak thei lo tih a hriat hle mai; chuvangin, leilung luahkhat tura malsawmna dawngte laka inthlahrung lo chi pawh an ni lo hial awm e.

    Mahse, an talent neih lamah mi trangkai leh nihna lawk ;pui pui chelhin an lo awm ve thu Jeremia 38:7-13; 52:25; Daniela 1:3-ah te kan hmu chhawm ta zel a.

    Nazareth Isua Krista phei chuan mitilrehte ningkhawng hi a lo hre chipchiar ber mai awm e; Nupui-pasl inneih leh inmak chungchanga Juda mithiamten zawhna khirhkhan-a Isua an heckle bap bap lai khan mitilreh chungchang hi Isuan a rawn sawi chhuak ta chiam mai a (cf. Matthaia 19:12), naupangten Isua kha zarbuai zui lo phei sela, a sawi hnem khawpin a rinawm!

    Tichuan, TT 8: 26-29-ah chuan Ethiopian mitilreh, Krista nena Thlarau lam atrang taka inhmu-fuh chiang kan lo hmu zui ve ta bawk a ni.

    Pathian min chhandamnaah hian —hnawla awm tawh ten, lawmluhna hlu, Pawm hun (accepted time) inhawngah hian kan la dawng thei vek a ni, Krista duhtu apiangte tan chhandamna kawngka a inhawng mek e. Zuanluh hun a la ni reng e. Mi-tilrehte chuan lal nupui leh hmeite chu an lo enkawl fo tawh trhin a; hmeltrha tak tak an nihzia pawh an hai lo vang; mahse, chu mai aia ril zawkin, mi-tilrehte ngei pawh, Krista Isua ringtu an nih phawt chuan … Messia mo-thianghlim ni turte huangah lungngam takin an lo tel ve thei ta a ni e.

    Mawngkawhur-te nen chuan an nihphung leh chanvo a dang daih tih hriat tel a hlu ngei bawk ang.

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    mzvision Says:

    Tirhkoh Paula khan keimah ang hian single ve mai rawh u Lalpa rawngbawl tak tak nan chuan a felthlak a ti ah ka ngai. Mahse Paula hi mitilreh chu a ni ka tihna ni lovin -
    Lalpa rawngbawl tura in-serh-hrang a ni a zahawm em em. mahse inserhrang silo te hian nupui or pasal neise tih hi Isua duhdan kha niin ka hriat avangin kan rawt chiam a ni e. ka lawme :lol:

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  19. 19
    Thirkut Says:

    The Bible says the sun sets in the west and rises in the east… it also says that the universe revolves around our planet… We have decided not to take things in the Bible so literally… Everyone.

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    chawnghilh Says:

    @thirkut : Hard to find your exact quotation from the Bible. I better not sweat over your comment! LOL

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  21. 21
    Thirkut Says:

    @chawnghilh perhaps not verbatim, but its in there. What if I find it for you? Will that make a difference? Probably not! So yeah don’t sweat over it, or you may not stop sweatting. LOL
    It also says the earth is flat! :)

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  22. 22
    chawnghilh Says:

    @thirkut : Sweeter, than sweating! Not as a globe, they pictured —but having four-corners! I agree with you in picking out metaphors!

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  23. 23
    Thirkut Says:

    I didn’t know the earth had 4 corners :)

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    Thirkut Says:

    It also say the whole earth can be seen from a tall mountain.

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    Thirkut Says:

    Of course these are seen as metaphors now, and not to be taken literally… as mentioned.

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    chawnghilh Says:

    Thu Puan 7:1 Chu mi hnuah chuan khawmualah leh tuifinriatah leh thing reng rengah chuan thli reng a tleh loh nan, lei thli pali chu chelhin lei kil li (LEI KIL LI)-a ding vantirhkoh pali ka hmu a.

    Got it… prophetical picturesque? Daniela 7 has “four corners of the earth” too!

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  27. 27
    muantea Says:

    OT lawks! @chawnghilh,kar liam ta khan in Press,Khatla ah thil tihtir turin ka kala,an lo remchang lo hlauh nain tithei awm dang min kawhhmuhin an phone no. te min pe thlap a,an tan chuan te tham pawh a ni thei,mahse ka mamawhna zawn atang chuan lian tak a ni thung a,ka lawm em a, ka han hrilh che a nih hi.

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    Thirkut Says:

    Besides the whole earth being visible from a tall mountain, it says a tall tree can be seen from the ends of the earth… insinuating a flat earth… of course we shouldn’t take this literally either.

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    chawnghilh Says:

    It’s literal, but not to be regarded literally. Men of olden days assumed that way, but the Creator Jesus in Matthew 24 revealed, opening it’s door in ajar — for some a dawn, for some a dusk, for some a noon-time —long before Copernicus postulated!

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    Thirkut Says:

    “It’s literal, but not to be regarded literally” … you got me here buddy…
    So we pick and chose the true parts then…
    So why were Christians so angry when Copernicus suggested a spherical planet?

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    mzvision Says:

    chill chill chill lemme interfere & OT here :arrow: we have one social issue i.e NULA SENIOR veng tin maia tam lutuk hi, an kawppui tur zawn a ngai. Assuming Thirkut as one of them am ready to work on her behlf ;) i know the world was flat then and now spherical, your points are not universe apart perhaps less than a mile so SMILES :lol:

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    Thirkut Says:

    heheh… The earth used to be flat and the sun and the moon also revolved around planet earth… but that’s probably metaphorical too, although us Christians used to take it literally.

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