καὶ μακαρία ἡ πιστεύσασα ὅτι ἔσται τελείωσις τοῖς λελαλημένοις αὐτῇ παρὰ κυρίου.
I read this as 'Blessed is she who believed that there will be a fulfilment of the things spoken to her by the Lord'
which seemed unfamiliar, and I found in my English bible (NKJV) that it has 'Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfilment' etc; whereas the NASB, for example, has it as I read it.
I was wondering if anybody had any thoughts on which is to be preferred.
Andrew
ὅτι in Luke 1.45
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Re: ὅτι in Luke 1.45
It depends on how you take ὅτι, whether it is marking indirect statement/explanation or whether it is marking causality. Personally, I think it's difficult to read it as causal after πιστεύσασα, since following the verb with indirect statement/explanation would be such a normal and expected reading.
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Re: ὅτι in Luke 1.45
I agree with Barry. I would naturally read it the way that it was first suggested - that the ὅτι phrase represents what she believed.
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Re: ὅτι in Luke 1.45
Thanks very much for the replies, which I have just found (has something changed with notifications? - I have just ticked or re-ticked some boxes in the User Control Panel, which hopefully will sort it out).
And am glad that you read the text the same way as I did.
Andrew
And am glad that you read the text the same way as I did.
Andrew