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by MGV Hoffman
April 7th, 2021, 4:32 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: ὡμοιώθη in parables of Matthew 13.24; 18.23; 22.2
Replies: 7
Views: 2359

Re: ὡμοιώθη in parables of Matthew 13.24; 18.23; 22.2

Thank you! I agree about the passive nature of the verb. (not deponent, whatever that means!) So as gnomic >> The kingdom of heaven is likened to... OR The kingdom of heaven is compared to... (NOT: The kingdom of heaven is like... << which is how NASB, NIV, CEB translate, though the difference is no...
by MGV Hoffman
April 6th, 2021, 9:53 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: ὡμοιώθη in parables of Matthew 13.24; 18.23; 22.2
Replies: 7
Views: 2359

ὡμοιώθη in parables of Matthew 13.24; 18.23; 22.2

I'm trying to make sense of Matthew's use of ὡμοιώθη in 3 parables of Jesus. -13.24: weeds and wheat w/ the fiery destruction of the weeds -18.23: the unforgiving slave who ends up being tortured -22.2: the wedding banquet where the city gets burned up and the one person w/out the garment ends up in...
by MGV Hoffman
February 13th, 2018, 3:34 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Mark 14.22 - Minor punctuation matter
Replies: 2
Views: 2165

Re: Mark 14.22 - Minor punctuation matter

And that makes even more sense! Thanks!
(And the τοῦτό in Luke 22.17 refers to the neuter ποτηριον.)
by MGV Hoffman
February 13th, 2018, 1:50 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Mark 14.22 - Minor punctuation matter
Replies: 2
Views: 2165

Mark 14.22 - Minor punctuation matter

Mark 14.22 in the NA28 reads, with punctuation provided: λάβετε, τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ σῶμά μου. > Take, this is my body. I.e., it takes τοῦτό as the nominative subject of ἐστιν. I was wondering, however, if it couldn't rather be taken as the accusative object of λάβετε. Thus I would read: λάβετε τοῦτό. ἐσ...
by MGV Hoffman
November 24th, 2017, 12:19 pm
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: οὔπω ἔχετε πίστιν; in Mark 4.40
Replies: 1
Views: 2341

οὔπω ἔχετε πίστιν; in Mark 4.40

In the stilling of the storm account in Mark 4.35-41, the disciples wake Jesus, he calms the storm, and then says to them: Τί δειλοί ἐστε; οὔπω ἔχετε πίστιν; This is usually translated as something like: Why are you cowards? Are you still not having faith? There are some text critical issues with Je...
by MGV Hoffman
January 28th, 2013, 12:11 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: How do you call a pig in Greek?
Replies: 5
Views: 10130

Re: How do you call a pig in Greek?

Mark Lightman wrote:χαῖρε, χοῖρε! :lol:
καλος! ὁδος ἐλθειν!
by MGV Hoffman
January 24th, 2013, 2:08 am
Forum: Other
Topic: How do you call a pig in Greek?
Replies: 5
Views: 10130

Re: How do you call a pig in Greek?

Thanks, Stephen, As you indicate, it seems more of a common inheritance than a direct borrowing... Kind of what I figured, but it still sort of works as a mnemonic. I had checked, and, as you also noted, χοῖρος becomes the preferred term for a pig/sow/boar in the NT, but we do have an examples of ὕς...
by MGV Hoffman
January 18th, 2013, 4:46 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: How do you call a pig in Greek?
Replies: 5
Views: 10130

How do you call a pig in Greek?

Yes, somewhat of an odd question, but I'm trying to figure out what the vocative forms for pig are in Greek and how you would pronounce it. I.e., how would you call a pig or pigs in Greek? Behind my question is the suspicion that "sooey" (however you spell it), the traditional American way...
by MGV Hoffman
December 29th, 2011, 3:02 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: τί followed by Aorist Subjunctive or Future Indicative
Replies: 4
Views: 1491

Re: τί followed by Aorist Subjunctive or Future Indicative

Thank you, cwconrad. Your post does make good sense of the alternatives, and I can see where the subjunctive might be preferred. Maybe there is something to the 1st person questions: when posed to one's self they tend to be deliberative; when posed to others there may be more in the nature of indica...
by MGV Hoffman
December 29th, 2011, 2:23 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: τί followed by Aorist Subjunctive or Future Indicative
Replies: 4
Views: 1491

τί followed by Aorist Subjunctive or Future Indicative

(My question is actually more specific, and I am just not confident enough with my Greek to make a definitive conclusion. Any help is appreciated.) In Mark 10.17, the guy runs up to Jesus and says, "Good Teacher, τί ποιήσω in order that I might inherit eternal life?" Every analysis scheme ...

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