Voices and influences
Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg
The Halle-trained Lutheran whom Frederick IV of Denmark sent to Tranquebar in 1705; he learned Tamil, translated the New Testament into it and died at Tranquebar.
Summary
This site quotes Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg 4 times across 2 books, and lists 0 works.
- Lived 1683 to 1719.
- Quoted here most in Matthew: 2 of 4.
Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg
- Lived
- 1683 to 1719
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- Lutheran
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4 of 4 quotations
Own words
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“Meanwhile though you have forbidden me many things which I have requested of you, you have not been able to prevent me from praying for you, neither will you be able to forbid it for the future.”
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Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, BSB
“All the books of the New Testament are now translated; this is a treasure in India, which surpasses all other Indian treasures.”
Undated in the archive this site cites.
Matthew 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field. BSB
“Most Christians in Europe … suppose the Malabarians to be a very barbarous people, but this arises from the Europeans who have been amongst them not understanding their language, so that they have not been able to read their books, but have drawn their conclusions…”
Undated in the archive this site cites.
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from outward appearances.
1 Corinthians 14:11 If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me. BSB
“I choose such books as I should wish to imitate both in speaking and writing. I have had such authors read to me a hundred times, that there might not be a word or an expression which I did not know and could not imitate.”
Undated in the archive this site cites.
1 Corinthians 14:11 If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me. BSB
Influence, on the record
This site quotes Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg 4 times across 2 books.
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The Halle-trained Lutheran whom Frederick IV of Denmark sent to Tranquebar in 1705; he learned Tamil, translated the New Testament into it and died at Tranquebar.
4 quotations across 2 books
Where this voice is quoted
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
“Meanwhile though you have forbidden me many things which I have requested of you, you have not been able to prevent me from praying for you, neither will you be able to forbid it for the future.”
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field.
“All the books of the New Testament are now translated; this is a treasure in India, which surpasses all other Indian treasures.”