Millstone round one’s neck 首にゆわえつけられて石臼 (マルコによる福音書 9:42)

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Prof. Steven Goldsmith, University of California at Berkeley
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I can only say that if a student doesn't know any Bible literature, he or she will simply not understand whole elements of Shakespeare, Sidney, Spenser, Milton, Pope, Wordsworth

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Prof. Gerald L. Bruns, University of Notre Dame
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Prof. Roland M. Frye
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Prof. Ulrich Knoefplmacher, Princeton University
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Prof. David Jasper and Prof. Stephen Prickett
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Millstone round one’s neck 首にゆわえつけられて石臼 (マルコによる福音書 9:42)

聖書節

“また、わたしを信じるこの小さい者たちのひとりにでもつまずきを与えるような者は、むしろ大きい石臼を首にゆわえつけられて、海に投げ込まれたほうがましです。”

意味

首の周りの石臼を意味するのはあなたのやりたい事を拒む問題や責任等です。

起源と適用

イエス様はクリスチャンに罪を犯すように誘惑をもたらす者は厳しく罰せられると忠告をしました。誘惑を生み出すものは石臼を首の周りにつけ、海に投げ出されてしまった方が良いと考えました。

例
彼のクレジットカードの明細は彼にとっての精神的な重荷になってしまった。

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