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by Jonathan Robie
February 16th, 2024, 2:13 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Relative pronouns in Matthew 16:19 and Matthew 18:18
Replies: 2
Views: 435

Re: Relative pronouns in Matthew 16:19 and Matthew 18:18

Grammatically, a relative pronoun can refer to people. This comes to mind:
Ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω.
In context, I think it's useful to look at commentaries for a wide range of possible interpretations of these verses.
by Jonathan Robie
February 8th, 2024, 10:25 am
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: pray for the whole armor of all saints
Replies: 2
Views: 567

Re: pray for the whole armor of all saints

I am not convinced that linjting was a real user. The content looked like it may have been generated. He did not respond to feedback. He kept posting new threads as though nothing had been said. His email was suspicious.

If I am wrong, I hope he will let me know.
by Jonathan Robie
February 6th, 2024, 10:51 am
Forum: Koine Greek Texts
Topic: 3 Corinthians, adding accents and punctuation marks
Replies: 1
Views: 284

Re: 3 Corinthians, adding accents and punctuation marks

I ran this through ChatGPT. It added accents, but also modernized some spellings and corrected some transcription errors. Check this please, and any corrections from forum members would be appreciated. But maybe this can save you time? ΚΟΡΙΝΘΕΙΟΙ ΠΡΟΣ ΠΑΥΛΟΝ Στεφανᾶς καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ πρεσβύτεροι Δάφνος ...
by Jonathan Robie
February 5th, 2024, 6:08 pm
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: Is the listener less tormented,or the speaker?
Replies: 0
Views: 307

Re: Is the listener less tormented,or the speaker?

Matthew 9:5 "Tι γάρ εστιν εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν· Ἀφίενταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, ἢ εἰπεῖν· Ἔγειρε καὶ περιπάτει;" εὐκοπώτερον is made up of ευ and κοπωτερον, which is used to describe 'to torment a person' like cutting a stone, plus the prefix ευ which means 'to torment less'. This verse literall...
by Jonathan Robie
February 5th, 2024, 6:03 pm
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: pray for the whole armor of all saints
Replies: 2
Views: 567

Re: pray for the whole armor of all saints

Ephesus 6:18 “διὰ πάσης προσευχῆς καὶ δεήσεως, προσευχόμενοι ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ἐν πνεύματι, καὶ εἰς αὐτὸ ἀγρυπνοῦντες ἐν πάσῃ προσκαρτερήσει καὶ δεήσει περὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων.” the αὐτὸ refers to the whole armor of God mentioned in the previous verses. 'εἰς αὐτὸ ἀγρυπνοῦντες ἐν πάσῃ προσκαρτερήσει καὶ ...
by Jonathan Robie
February 5th, 2024, 4:36 pm
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: if your brother offends you personally, you must forgive him.
Replies: 0
Views: 277

Re: if your brother offends you personally, you must forgive him.

Matthew 18:15, about which the text should be “Ἐὰν δὲ ἁμαρτήσῃ ὁ ἀδελφός σου, ὕπαγε ἔλεγξον αὐτὸν μεταξὺ σοῦ καὶ αὐτοῦ μόνου. ἐάν σου ἀκούσῃ, ἐκέρδησας τὸν ἀδελφόν σου.” It shouldn’t be “Ἐὰν δὲ ἁμαρτήσῃ εἰς σὲ ὁ ἀδελφός σου, ὕπαγε ἔλεγξον αὐτὸν μεταξὺ σοῦ καὶ αὐτοῦ μόνου. ἐάν σου ἀκούσῃ, ἐκέρδησας ...
by Jonathan Robie
September 19th, 2023, 1:41 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Introduction
Replies: 2
Views: 2913

Re: Introduction

Welcome! I work at Biblica in Research & Development, and a lot of my work focuses on software and data for Bible translation teams.

Tell me about the tools you work on! Do you happen to know Joel Kalvesmaki?
by Jonathan Robie
September 10th, 2023, 6:42 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Peter's Introduction
Replies: 1
Views: 2266

Re: Peter's Introduction

Welcome, Peter!

I hope we can be helpful to you.

Jonathan
by Jonathan Robie
September 8th, 2023, 1:05 pm
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Matthew 10.29
Replies: 3
Views: 3362

Re: Matthew 10.29

I would also like to ask if "ἄνευ τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν" is standard Greek or possibly an Aramaicism. In this case, could the meaning of the underlying Aramaic aid in translation? If there was an Aramaic original for Matthew, we do not have it. If I read a German text that is translated from En...
by Jonathan Robie
September 8th, 2023, 12:40 pm
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Matthew 10.29
Replies: 3
Views: 3362

Re: Matthew 10.29

My question is about the phrase "ἄνευ τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν" ("without your Father"). The translations are divided between "without your Father's will" and "without your Father's knowledge". I would like to know whether both ideas are possible and, if so, if there ...

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