Tablet catalog
Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908
OOL 06 50235 Phelps: ABU 2202
ABU 2202•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Helen Goodall and Ella Cooper spoken in Jan. 1908
120 words
Question:
Christ said, "This generation shall not pass away..." And in Ex. 20:5... Does this word generation also mean a cycle, or dispensation?
Translation:
Provisional translation
No, for the word generation has a different meaning in different places. Christ referred to the Christ Dispensation, or cycle
LOG. Hornby, Helen, ed. Lights of Guidance (1994 ed.). Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India, 1994. http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance
LOG#1717x
http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=4#n1717
DLA. Goodall, Helen S. and Cooper, Ella G. Daily Lessons received at Acca, January 1908. Bahá’í Publishing Society, 1908 and Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1979. Pilgrim notes. Pagination refers to the 1979 edition. https://books.google.com/books?id=qk9OAQAAMAAJ
DLA.045-046
https://books.google.com/books?id=qk9OAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA45
BLO. Bahá’í Library Online (www.bahai-library.com). Private, independent repository of Bahá’í-related resources including provisional translations (BLO_PT) and pilgrims’ notes (BLO_PN). Numbering follows the 16 Nov 2019 snapshot available at https://web.archive.org/
BLO_PN#026
https://bahai-library.com/goodall_cooper_daily_lessons