means pretty much that, ‘in-breathed’. But there are three difficulties with the word ‘inspired’ the way people use it today, and we’d better deal with them at once before seeing what Paul is actually saying here. First, people often speak of artists and poets, composers and musical performers, and even sports professionals, as being ‘inspired’. ‘It was an inspired performance,’ we say, whether at a concert or a football match. What we mean is ‘it had something out of the ordinary’ or ‘it all seemed