理查德(Richard)并不在圣经中——它的意思是“勇敢的统治者”

  • 圣经中没有 Richard。它源自古德语—— rih (“统治者、国王”) 和 哈特 (“坚硬、坚定、勇敢、强悍”) ——意为勇敢的统治者。
  • 英格兰有三位国王以此为名。理查一世在位期间几乎没在英格兰待过,还不得不支付赎金;理查二世被废黜并死于囚禁;理查三世在博斯沃思战役中失去了王位。
  • 圣经对未来君王的教导并非关于征服:而是要抄写一份律法书,带在身边,终身诵读,并且不可自视高于其他以色列同胞(申命记 17:18-20)。
  • 先知们衡量君王的标准几乎完全取决于他们是否压迫穷人。耶利米书 22:16 提到一位捍卫贫穷和困苦之人的君王时问道:“这不就是认识我吗?”
  • 坚定是为了他人守住底线;而坚硬则是为了自己。法老那颗坚硬的心不断运作,直到摧毁了他所保护的一切。

Richard is not in the Bible. It is Old German — rih, ruler or king, joined to hart, hard, firm, brave. A brave ruler, or a hard one, depending on how the day went. Three kings of England have carried it, and their reputations make an unusually good argument about what Scripture actually asks of people in charge. What does the name Richard mean? Brave ruler. The first element gives us the same root behind Reich and behind the -ric…

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