He was looking through my Bible, as he often does to keep occupied during church, because he knows that his name can be found on a page in Genesis, and because I have scattered throughout it some transparent Jesus stickers that someone gave me and that I put in there during my mission. Also, my Bible is nonstandard - it is a dual-language version with Spanish in the left column and the corresponding English in the right. It is a standard Born-Again Bible in other respects - minimal index, but pages on how to be saved by accepting Jesus, Christ's words in red, etc. Anyway, it's my Bible and its the one I read cover to cover as a missionary and it has all my notes and markings in it. Here's the page E was looking at:
So after he looks at it for a minute, he turns to me and says "He didn't say anything."
Me: "Wait, what?"
E: "Jesus. He didn't say anything"
Me (internal monologue):WHOA! That's verse 7 right there! Not only can he read silently, this kid is reading and paraphrasing what he's reading!
Me (aloud): Uhhhh, how do you know that?
Any guesses? I'll post the answer in comments tomorrow.
5 comments:
No red?
I'm gonna go with no red as well.
The no red is a good guess. Before reading that I was just thinking because the picture doesn't show Jesus talking.
Was it standard for missionaries on your mission to use that version of the Bible? I know the church just released an LDS Spanish version after all these years.
Yes, it was that he saw no red words - I tried to be subtle adding that in to my description of the Bible, but clearly I am less subtle than I prefer to think. But still, in the moment, I was sure he was comprehending.
@jeans: It was a gift from Grandma Jean - it's KJV English and Reina-Valera Spanish, which is the same translation the church uses but it was not the same Bible they issued us.
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