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Some of the most chilling last words recorded are those from people just about to die in an accident. From Eric Garner who died after a botched arrest to David A. Johnston killed in an eruption, these words make you think.
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- Humorous Last Words. Charles Gussman, television scriptwriter: “And now a word from our sponsor.” Groucho Marx, entertainer: “Die my dear? Why that is the last thing I’d do.”
- Entertainers' Last Words. George Harrison, singer: “Love one another.” Joan Crawford, movie actress: “Damn it. Don’t you dare ask God to help me.” Ingrid Bergman, actress: “Do I look all right?
- Last Words of Atheists. Joseph Coveney, American Atheist: “I die as I live. I disbelieve in God, the bible, and the Christian religion.” Karel Soucek, Canadian stuntman: “There is no Heaven or Hell; there is no God.
- Last Words Suggestive of a God and an Afterlife. Thomas Alva Edison, inventor: “It is very beautiful over there.” William Allingham, Irish poet: “I see such things as you cannot imagine.”
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The most basic word for life in ancient Greek, and in the New Testament, is bios, from which we take our bio-rooted words, like biology, of course. Bios was commonly used for life in that simple sense, for the period of one’s lifetime and for those things that sustain physical life, such as physical resources and even wealth. It has this meaning in...
The next word for life is psuche,from which we take our psych-rooted words relating to the mind, such as psychology. However, in ancient Greek the word had a broader meaning, including the breath of life, the vital physical force that animates the body, the physical life or “soul.” We find this word most often in the New Testament with the simple m...
The final word for life, and the most important, is zoe. We take our zoo-rooted terms like zoology from this word. Zoe signifies not only the animate aspect of life, as opposed to non-life, but also life in the absolute and fullest sense. The word is used repeatedly in the New Testament in statements regarding the kind of eternal life God has (John...
Keeping the different meanings of these three words in mind can often give us greater understanding of passages in the New Testament. An example is 1 John 2:16: “For everything in the world — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life — comes not from the Father but from the world.” Here, knowing that the word life in “the p...
By simply checking which word for life is used in a given scripture, where it might make a difference, we can often come to a much fuller understanding of what is being said. To do that, all you need to do is check the verse in a Strong’sconcordance or an online Greek-English interlinear New Testament. It’s simple enough to know the true meaning of...
Jun 20, 2024 · Siddhartha Mukherjee's observations about people's last words line up with other research on the most common regrets and how to avoid them.
- Joseph Wright. Wright, a linguist, edited the English Dialect Dictionary. His last word? “Dictionary.”
- Raphael. Italian artist Raphael’s last word was simply “happy.”
- Gustav Mahler. Composer Gustav Mahler died in bed, conducting an imaginary orchestra. His last word was “Mozart!”
- Bessie Smith. Blues singer Bessie Smith died saying, “I’m going, but I’m going in the name of the Lord.”
Sep 3, 2014 · What would be your last words if knew it was your time to pass away? Being in the funeral profession, I can’t help but think about the topic. And as it turns out, many people – famous or not – have uttered some pretty epic last words on their deathbed.
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Jan 16, 2019 · “Famous last words” are the cornerstone of a romantic vision of death — one that falsely promises a final burst of lucidity and meaning before a person passes.
