What Is a Paraphrase?

What Is a Paraphrase?

Bible students frequently wonder about paraphrases. What are they? Should they use them? Defining Paraphrase To a linguist, a paraphrase is a rewording of text using the same language as the source text. Thus, if I see a sentence that reads, “I’m going home,” I could paraphrase it (cruelly!) to “I am changing course such…