Talk:Holy Ghost

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Would anyone liek to offer comments or research on the difference between the Holy Ghost and the Holy Spirit? I noticed that some translations are consistent in using one or the other but other translations seem to make a distinction between the two.

Do you have some examples of where this happens? We could then check the Greek for differences; but I'm not aware of any offhand. --Tmtm 09:03, 10 June 2006 (BST)

The examples I found...

The King James Version shows the following scriptures specifying "holy spirit":

Ps 51¹¹; Isa 63:10f; Lk 11:13 (here the translator used the capital "H" as in reference to a specific spirit distinct from the other verses); Eph 1:13; Eph 4:30 and 1Thess 4:8.

Luke chapter 11 and 12 are very interesting because the King James Version makes the distinction between the two names (KJV shows Lk 11:13 using the term "Holy Spirit" while in the same King James version uses the term "Holy Ghost" in Lk 12:10 regarding the unpardonable sin). The same thing occurs in 1 Thessalonians. The King James shows 1Thess 4:8 specifying the "holy Spirit" while in chapter 1Thess 1:5f it specifies "Holy Ghost").

There are too many scriptures referencing the "Holy Ghost" in the King James Version for me to list them all. I think I counted 89 references to Holy Ghost on a query search from Biblegateway.com in the King James Version.

The only other translation (out of 13 listed on Biblegateway.com) that has any reference to both is the Wycliffe New Testament. Interestingly enough the following scriptures use both both terms in the same verse (the word "Spirit" is capatlized in each instance but none are prefaced by the word "holy") and seem to make a very clear distinction between the two:

Mark 1:10; Luke 4:1; John 1:33; John 7:39; Acts 2:33 and 1 Corinthians 12:3.

Any and all thoughts would be very much appreciated.