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- July 4th, 2013, 10:02 am
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Imperative and subjunctive
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1382
Imperative and subjunctive
In Luke 10 : 4 - μὴ βαστάζετε βαλλάντιον, μὴ πήραν, μὴ ὑποδήματα, καὶ μηδένα κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἀσπάσησθε - the imperative mood is followed by, I think, a subjunctive of prohibition. Is there significance to the meaning in the use of the subjunctive in the second part of the sentence. Why not just use an...
- June 3rd, 2013, 1:43 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: εἰπὲ λόγῳ
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1988
εἰπὲ λόγῳ
In Luke 7:7 - διὸ οὐδὲ ἐμαυτὸν ἠξίωσα πρὸς σὲ ἐλθεῖν: ἀλλὰ εἰπὲ λόγῳ, καὶ ἰαθήτω ὁ παῖς μου - the centurion tells Jesus to just say with a λόγῳ and his servent will be healed. It has the sense of the word being a thing like a tool that can cause healing to happen, because, I think, that this is an e...
- May 18th, 2013, 1:33 am
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: ἐν, μεθ', παρ'
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1503
ἐν, μεθ', παρ'
In this week's Gospel, John 14: 8 - 17, there is a lot of use of the word ἐν. I wonder if I am oversimplifying by substituting the English in, or if I should investigate further how ἐν is used. οὐ πιστεύεις ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ πατρὶ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί ἐστιν; τὰ ῥήματα ἃ ἐγὼ λέγω ὑμῖν ἀπ' ἐμαυτοῦ οὐ λαλῶ:...
- May 10th, 2013, 7:44 am
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: why use the aorist
- Replies: 1
- Views: 750
why use the aorist
I thought I had a good understanding of this weeks gospel selection, but when I checked my translation of John 17: 25 I seem to have missed something: πάτερ δίκαιε, καὶ ὁ κόσμος σε οὐκ ἔγνω, ἐγὼ δέ σε ἔγνων, καὶ οὗτοι ἔγνωσαν ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας, Most translations translate ἔγνω and ἔγνων and ἔγνωσ...
- May 2nd, 2013, 8:47 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: use of the aorist
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5247
Re: use of the aorist
I appreciate the discussion. Your comments help me to better understand the function of the aorist and use of the subjunctive.
- April 30th, 2013, 4:33 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: use of the aorist
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5247
use of the aorist
I have noticed that I often have expectations for the text because I know what the Greek is "supposed" to say because I recognize the passage. In this week's Gospel the I puzzled over the use of aorist verbs in John 14: 29...καὶ νῦν εἴρηκα ὑμῖν πρὶν γενέσθαι, ἵνα ὅταν γένηται πιστεύσητε. I...
- April 30th, 2013, 3:47 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Too many "hims"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1697
Re: Too many "hims"
Yes, I see. Perhaps, because the words would have originally been in Aramaic, it is like the Hebrew fashion of repeating the same idea again but slightly differently, as in the Psalms.
- April 25th, 2013, 5:32 am
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Too many "hims"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1697
Re: Too many "hims"
Thanks,
Now I see the last phrase as kind of an aside, that embellishes the previous phrase, rather than continuing it.
al
Now I see the last phrase as kind of an aside, that embellishes the previous phrase, rather than continuing it.
al
- April 23rd, 2013, 5:22 pm
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Too many "hims"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1697
Too many "hims"
This week the Gospel lectionary selection (John 13, vs 31-35) has a confusing statement: καὶ ὁ θεὸς δοξάσει αὐτὸν ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ εὐθὺς δοξάσει αὐτόν. There are too many third person pronouns. And I wonder about the inclusion of εὐθὺς...why the sense of immediacy is there. I think it should be translat...
- April 19th, 2013, 8:22 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1317
Re: Hello
Thanks for the reply. I see I should have paid attention to the case of the τις.