Question on Mt. 7:22
Posted: January 5th, 2018, 8:23 pm
Hello
This is Mt.7:22 ...
πολλοὶ ἐροῦσίν μοι ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ Κύριε κύριε, οὐ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι ἐπροφητεύσαμεν, καὶ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι δαιμόνια ἐξεβάλομεν, καὶ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι δυνάμεις πολλὰς ἐποιήσαμεν;
Greek translators added a question mark in the end (English semi-colon)
In English (ESV) - On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’
Can it be translated the following way by removing the question format?
"On that day many will tell me, 'Lord, Lord, we did not prophesy by your name, and expel demons by your name, and used many powers by your name".
I do not see any interrogative pronouns in the Greek text nor the ἆρα (687 Strong's) to suggest the sentence to be in a question format.
Are there any strictly grammatical reasons why this text is in a question format as translated by every translation that I see?
Thanks,
Ed
This is Mt.7:22 ...
πολλοὶ ἐροῦσίν μοι ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ Κύριε κύριε, οὐ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι ἐπροφητεύσαμεν, καὶ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι δαιμόνια ἐξεβάλομεν, καὶ τῷ σῷ ὀνόματι δυνάμεις πολλὰς ἐποιήσαμεν;
Greek translators added a question mark in the end (English semi-colon)
In English (ESV) - On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’
Can it be translated the following way by removing the question format?
"On that day many will tell me, 'Lord, Lord, we did not prophesy by your name, and expel demons by your name, and used many powers by your name".
I do not see any interrogative pronouns in the Greek text nor the ἆρα (687 Strong's) to suggest the sentence to be in a question format.
Are there any strictly grammatical reasons why this text is in a question format as translated by every translation that I see?
Thanks,
Ed