Dear b-greekers, MQ. 14:6 says, GENESIOIS DE GENOMENOIS TOU hHRWiDOU WRCHSATO hH QUGATHR THS hHRWiDIADOS EN TWi MESWi KAI HRESEN TWi hHRWiDHi Now I know there is no such thing as a "dative absolute", but this sure looks like one! I notice that there is considerable textual variation here. But surely the reading above is the lectio difficilior (or does it rise to the level of difficilima?) and best explains the origin of the others: 1) GENESIOIS DE AGOMENOIS -- f1 2) GENESIWN DE AGOMENWN -- W 0106 0136 f13 33 Maj 3) GENESIWN DE GENOMENWN -- C K N theta 565 892 1241 1424 al GENESIOIS DE GENOMENOIS is supported by aleph B D L Z lect2211 I notice too that the following editions read the same as NA27: Lachmann, Tischendorf, Tregelles, Alford, Westcott/Hort, Merk, Bover, NA25 while Griesbach, Wordsworth, Vogels agree with 2 above and von Soden with 3 above. The parallel in MK 6:21 retains the dative TOIS GENESIOIS but this has now become a dative of time referencing the "day" mentioned in the previous genitive absolute: GENOMENHS hHMERAS EUKAIROU. What am I missing here? I apologize if MQ 14:6 has been thoroughly discussed before. I rarely have time to check the archives. Yours in His grace, Richard Ghilardi -- qodeshlayhvh@juno.com New Haven, CT USA Nibai kaurno hwaiteis gadriusando in airtha gaswiltith, silbo ainata aflifnith: ith jabai gaswiltith, manag akran bairith. --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu