Re: Mark 11:25-26 and Mt 3:15 & 4:11

From: Steven Craig Miller (scmiller@www.plantnet.com)
Date: Fri Nov 26 1999 - 13:00:24 EST


<x-flowed>To: Carl W. Conrad,

<< But in addition to that, it is also used as a Koine equivalent to the
older EAW, "allow," "let," "permit," and as such one frequently enough sees
the singular imperative AFES with a hINA+ subjunctive (modern Greek AS NA +
subjunctive) as an equivalent of the second person imperative of any verb.
In Mark 11:25-26 I would assume that AFIETE is in fact used like EATE in
older Greek, as an imperative: "Let it be if you have anything against your
brother ..." >>

That's an interesting point, but I'm not for sure that it best explains
what was meant at Mk 11:25. First of all, the next use of AFIHMI in the
same verse seems clearly to have the notion "forgive." Second, the two uses
of AFIHMI are somewhat in parallel: "You" are to "forgive" so that God will
"forgive" "you."

But since we are on the subject of AFIHMI, I wonder about the phrase: TOTE
AFIHSIN AUTON at both Mt 3:15 and 4:11. Why did Matthew use this same
phrase in both places? (This one has bothered me for some time.)

-Steven Craig Miller
Alton, Illinois (USA)
scmiller@www.plantnet.com

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