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What does the Bible say about Peace be with you?
John 20:21 says “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” That is the great commission to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.
How do you respond to peace be with you?
Up to now, the first well wisher would say, “Peace be with you.” The correct response would be, “And also with you.” Now, the correct response has been updated to: “And also with your spirit.”
What does the Bible say about Christian Peace?
Christian peace is not a human design type of peace, but that which is given from above to those who do the will of God. The peace from above is a gift to all who put their trust in the Lord. It is not that, which the world wants to achieve at the destruction or detriment of others.
What does peace be with you mean in Hebrew?
In fact, “ peace be with you” is a traditional Jewish and Arabic greeting (also commonly used by Arab Christians, both as a greeting and as a liturgical formula). In both languages, when one is greeted with “shalom aleichem” or “as-salaam alaykhum” (Hebrew and Arabic respectively for “peace be with you”), the proper,
While Christians share the greeting of “peace” with our Jewish kinfolk and our Muslim neighbors, we understand it in a way that they do not. Peace is a gift of God the Father given through the Lord Jesus Christ. The peace that we wish for another is rooted in the one who is himself our peace.
What is the correct way to say Peace be upon you?
Actually this is a little bit tricky form, as the regular Arabic greeting is: Assalamu Alaykom, which literally means: Peace be upon you, the regular answer/response is: wa Alaykom Assalam (and upon you too)