'Tis a Dead Sacrifice'

In the book of genesis, chapter 22, god told abraham, abraham, take your son saac up on mount moriah to offer him as a sacrifice unto god. Paul says, he at this upward presentation, that youare responding to his mercies. Then paul says, it is a reasonable mandate. I beseech you, therefore, my beloved brethren, by the mercies of god, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice,. That is interesting. The word living is the word zao in greek, where you get the word zoology from. Zao thusea living zao thuseA living sacrifice.