Rest in peace on a BBC Radio Ulster programme that he would encourage Protestants to refrain from using the term "RIP". Thompson said that he regards "RIP" as a prayer for the dead, which he believes contradicts biblical doctrine. In the same radio programme, Presbyterian Ken Newell disagreed that people are praying for the dead when they use the phrase. Phrases in other languages: Rest in peace The phrase "Rest in peace", RIP, from Latin Requiescat in pace (, )) is sometimes used in traditional Christian services and prayers, such as in the Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist, and Roman Catholic denominations, sometimes to wish
Common English Bible and Emerson B. Powery. Protestant, Catholic, Seventh-day Adventist and Reform Judaism were represented among the translators and reviewers . The CEB attempts to substitute more natural wording for traditional biblical terminology. For instance, where most Bibles use the term "son of man" in the Old Testament (e.g. Ezekiel 2:1) the CEB translates it as "human." In the New Testament where Jesus uses the Greek version of this term of himself—probably with messianic overtones—the CEB renders it "the Human One." Another example of common English is substituting "harass" for "persecute": "If the world harassed me, it will harass you too," (John