Matthew 12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. [kjv]
η ποιησατε το δενδρον καλον και τον καρπον αυτου καλον η ποιησατε το δενδρον σαπρον και τον καρπον αυτου σαπρον εκ γαρ του καρπου το δενδρον γινωσκεται [gnt]
The statement "
The tree is known by its fruit." is an
ambiguous statement based on the viewpoint of who "
knows" or "
infers" what.
God "knows" (sees) both the inside and the outside of the "fruit".
Man "knows" (sees) only the outside of the "fruit".
From computability theory, it may not be possible to always determine in
all cases if the inside is
"good" or
"rotten". An "
accounting" may be necessary for
"idle words" so that a
decision procedure can be used to resolve ambiguities.
The Greek word for
"fruit" is masculine and takes the
grammatical gender of "
his".
Principles of duality in many fields allow the same problem to be addressed from two seemingly different points of view.
The Greek word translated "blessed" means "happy" or "content".
