[B-Greek] Luke 24.7 rising "again"

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sun Jun 15 04:16:32 EDT 2008


On Jun 14, 2008, at 11:39 PM, George F Somsel wrote:

> This, of course, is reflected in one of the most famous passages of  
> the NT
>
> 3 ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ·  
> ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω σοι, ἐὰν μή τις  
> γεννηθῇ ἄνωθεν, οὐ δύναται ἰδεῖν  
> τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ. 4 λέγει πρὸς  
> αὐτὸν [ὁ] Νικόδημος· πῶς δύναται  
> ἄνθρωπος γεννηθῆναι γέρων ὤν; μὴ  
> δύναται εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν τῆς μητρὸς  
> αὐτοῦ δεύτερον εἰσελθεῖν καὶ  
> γεννηθῆναι;
>
>
> 3 APEKRIQH IHSOUS KAI EIPEN AUTWi, "AMHN AMHN LEGW SOI, EAN MH TIS  
> GENNHQHi ANWQEN, OU DUNATAI IDEIN THN BASILEIAN TOU QEOU.  4 LEGEI  
> PROS AUTON [hO] NIKODHMOS, "PWS DUNATAI ANQRWPOS GENNHQHNAI GERWN  
> WN?  MH DUNATAI EIS THN KOILIAN THS MHTROS AUTOU DEUTERON EISELQEIN  
> KAI GENNHQHNAI?"

Please, let's not get drawn aside to diversionary issues. The word  
commonly translated as "again" in the above passage is not the  
compositional prefix ANA but the adverb ἄνωθεν ANWQEN,  
apparently used here in a deliberate double entendre in the sense of  
"from above" and also in the sense "from the top' -- i.e. da capo,  
'afresh.' This doesn't at all pertain directly to the usage of the  
prefix ANA- in the verb ANISTAMAI or the noun ANASTASIS.

> ----- Original Message ----
> From: newsgroupstuff <newsgroupstuff at gmail.com>
> To: Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
> Cc: B Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 10:36:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Luke 24.7 rising "again"
>
> Yes, certainly ANISTAMAI is standard word for getting up, from sleep,
> sitting etc.
>
> So does ANA- ever mean "again"? Or is that a complete  
> misunderstanding..?
>
> --
> Craig Johnson


Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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