EEC Ephesians- Baugh

Need a little help in understanding a term the author uses in his commentary- not understanding how he is fitting into his explanation:

"The Spirit’s presence in the church’s midst—or better its members’ existence in him as the “aether” of the eschatological, new-creation realm projected into the present (see above on 1:3)—is to be their source of life, thanksgiving, and service (vv. 19–21) in the Lord."

Baugh, S. M. (2015). Ephesians: Evangelical Exegetical Commentary (W. H. House, H. W. Harris III, & A. W. Pitts, Eds.; p. 453).

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Roger Pitot

I believe it's an alternative spelling of "ether" because a search in Logos showed up many uses of the word, particularly in older resources.

DMB

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I believe it's an alternative spelling of "ether" because a search in Logos showed up many uses of the word, particularly in older resources.

Better hope so ... else son of Chronos (Gehenna-related), and brother of Chaos.

MJ. Smith

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Your Latin failed you

aether | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com)">ether (n.)

late 14c., "upper regions of space," from Old French ether (12c.) and directly from Latin aether "the upper pure, bright air; sky, firmament," from Greek aithēr "upper air; bright, purer air; the sky" (opposed to aēr "the lower air"), from aithein "to burn, shine," from PIE *aidh- "to burn" (see edifice).

In ancient cosmology, the element that filled all space beyond the sphere of the moon, constituting the substance of the stars and planets. Conceived of as a purer form of fire or air, or as a fifth element. From 17c.-19c., it was the scientific word for an assumed "frame of reference" for forces in the universe, perhaps without material properties. The concept was shaken by the Michelson-Morley experiment (1887) and discarded early 20c. after the Theory of Relativity won acceptance, but before it went it gave rise to the colloquial use of ether for "the radio" (1899).

The name also was bestowed c. 1730 (Frobenius; in English by 1757) on a volatile chemical compound known since 14c. for its lightness and lack of color (its anesthetic properties weren't fully established until 1842).

DMB

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Your Latin failed you

But not my greek. Orpheus preceded Jesus into the dark underworld, and returned (mythically, but not the technical kind).