scapegoat(tì zuì yáng)

scapegoat

The term "scapegoat" is imported. The corresponding English is scapegoat and whippingboy. The word "scapegoat" is used all over the world to refer to a scapegoat. Sheep is the most important sacrifice in ancient sacrifice. In addition to sacrificing to God, sheep also undertakes a task, that is to "substitute for sin" for human beings.

Explanation of words

Name scapegoat Pinyin t ì Zu ì y á ng origin why is it a scapegoat instead of a dog? Old Testament: after Noah there was a Semite named Abraham who had a son at the age of 99. One day, the Lord suddenly came to him to kill his son Isaac. Isaac didn't know he was a sacrifice, so he followed his father up the mountain. Abraham prepared everything and put his son on the altar. When he was about to use a knife, the angel came to hold his hand and told him that it was only the test of the Lord, and he used sheep as a sacrifice. This is where the scapegoat came from. The word "scapegoat" is imported. The corresponding English is scapegoat and whippingboy. In Ancient Judaism, sacrificial rites were the sheep who took the blame for others. This is a metaphor for someone who has suffered for others and has pleaded guilty for others. Sheep is the most important sacrifice in ancient sacrifice. In addition to sacrificing to God, sheep also undertakes a task, that is to "substitute for sin" for human beings. I don't want to be your scapegoat. He became the real scapegoat of the suspect . synonym scapegoat usage as an object, attribute; refers to the pronoun

The origin of etymology

In the Bible, using sheep for sin comes from Ancient Judaism. The ancient Jews defined the 10th day of July (the 10th day after the Jewish New Year) as "atonement day" and held a sin offering on this day. The ceremony was like this: the fate of two rams was decided by casting lots. One ram was killed as a sacrifice, and the other ram was put on its head by the high priest, claiming that the sins committed by the Jewish people in one year had been passed on to the ram. Then, he banished the scapegoat to the wilderness, and brought the human sin into the realm of no one. The theory of "scapegoat" spread. from a religious allusion. In the Christian Bible (the Old Testament), it is said that God wanted to see if Abraham was really loyal to himself (because God was about to give him a big promise). So he ordered him to take his only son Isaac to a designated place and kill him as a sacrifice to God. Isaac is the first son of Abraham and Sarah in their nineties. Because he was given by God, he has faith in God and knows that God is just. His faith will bring good results. So just as Abraham was about to kill his son with a knife, God's angel immediately stopped him from doing so, saying, "now I know that you fear God. There is a sheep in the forest ahead. You can use it to" sacrifice "God." So Abraham took the goat from the grove and killed it as a sacrifice in place of his son. Bible Genesis 22 after these things, when God wanted to test Abraham, he called to him and said, "Abraham!" He said, "I'm here." God said, "take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, to the land of Moria, and offer him to me on the mountain where all I want is you." Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, took his two servants and his son Isaac, cut the wood for the sacrifice, and went to the place God had told him. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from a distance. Abraham said to his servants, "wait here with the donkey, and the boy and I will go there and worship and come back to you." And Abraham put the wood of the sacrifice upon his son Isaac, and took the fire and the sword in his hand: and they went together. Isaac said to his father Abraham, "father Abraham said, "my son, I'm here." Isaac said, "look, there is fire and firewood, but where is the lamb for sacrifice?" Abraham said, "my son, God will prepare his own lamb for sacrifice." And they came to the place that God had shewed them, and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood, and bound his son Isaac, and laid it on the wood of the altar. So Abraham stretched out his hand and took the sword to kill his son. The angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham He said, "I'm here." And the angel said, "do not lay your hands on the boy, and do him no harm at all. I know that you fear God, because you have not denied me your son. This is your only son. Stay and don't give it to me. " And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that there was no ram, whose feet were buckled in a dense young tree: and Abraham took the ram, and offered it as a sacrifice in place of his son. And Abraham called the name of the place the Lord el, and to this day it is said that there will be preparations on the mountain of the Lord In the Bible Leviticus 16 "when Aaron has finished offering the sin offering for the sanctuary, the tent of meeting and the altar, he is to present the living goat. And he laid his hands on the head of the sheep, and confessed all the iniquities and transgressions of the children of Israel, all their sins; and he put all their sins on the head of the sheep, and sent them into the wilderness by the hand of the men he had sent. Put the sheep in the wilderness, and the sheep will bear all their iniquities and bring them to no man's land Then go to camp. " In the New Testament, it is said that Jesus would rather die on the cross as a "sacrifice" (sacrifice) to God in order to redeem the sins of the world. He also charged his twelve disciples to do the same after his death. Because this is modeled on the ancient Jews who often killed a lamb instead of offering themselves for "sacrifice" when they asked for mercy from the Lord, so the Church usually called Jesus the lamb of atonement. ● domestic records similar records in China "Mencius · Liang Hui Wang Shang" records: "Wang sits in the hall, and there is a person who leads a cow and goes down the hall. Wang Jianzhi said, "where is the cow?" He said to them, "the new bell will be cast, slaughtered and blood smeared." Wang said, "give it up! I can't bear to worry. If I'm innocent, I'll die. " And he said, "but what about the clock?" He said, "how can we abolish it? We can change it with sheep." King Xuan of Qi could not bear to see the cow trembling with fear, so he ordered sheep to replace the cow to sacrifice the bell. Since then, "scapegoat" as a tragic word spread.

Chinese PinYin : tì zuì yáng