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by davidstansfield
March 28th, 2022, 1:48 am
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: Romans 1:1. Own translation. Grammar check
Replies: 19
Views: 9596

Re: Romans 1:1. Own translation. Grammar check

As a beginner with Greek, I have found Cranfield’s Romans commentary (on the Greek text of Romans) to be a help to consider the Greek text of Romans. Within a discussion on 1:1, Cranfield writes: ‘Paul knows himself as one who has been separated, consecrated, by God εἰς εὐαγγέλιον θεοῦ—for (that is,...
by davidstansfield
September 6th, 2021, 1:16 am
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: Romans 1:3. Own translation. Grammar check
Replies: 20
Views: 12922

Re: Romans 1:3. Own translation. Grammar check

What if Paul intended a double entendre in the minds of his readers that would be missed by rending ἐκ σπέρματος as "descended from"? σπέρμα can, after all, be a bodily production. Thank you. I think a double-entendre could call to mind king David’s radical sin of 2 Samuel 11. Notable als...
by davidstansfield
July 28th, 2021, 2:47 am
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: Romans 1:2. Grammar enquiry
Replies: 3
Views: 7610

Re: Romans 1:2. Grammar enquiry

The precision of the pronoun ὅ for εὐαγγέλιον, helps. Thank you! FYI, my proposed translation of εἰς in Rom 1:1 , stands. With the focus on the gospel, the meaning is that the promised, prophesied gospel anticipated this… Anticipated what…? Per e.g. Gal 3:8 (NRSV), “And the scripture, foreseeing tha...
by davidstansfield
November 2nd, 2020, 9:08 pm
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: Romans 1:3. Own translation. Grammar check
Replies: 20
Views: 12922

Re: Romans 1:3. Own translation. Grammar check

You are asking a question about a translation. We don't do that here. Do you have a particular question about morphology or syntax found in this verse? If so, please ask it as a question about the Greek text, not a question about the translation. See this policy : Even basic questions about the mea...
by davidstansfield
November 2nd, 2020, 9:07 pm
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: Romans 1:3. Own translation. Grammar check
Replies: 20
Views: 12922

Re: Romans 1:3. Own translation. Grammar check

The problem is, you haven't really supplied a "translation" at all but rather a series of word-for-word glosses strung together as if that constituted a translation. It's not, because it's not grammatical in English (*"the having come" is not valid English). The first and necess...
by davidstansfield
November 2nd, 2020, 9:05 pm
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: Romans 1:3. Own translation. Grammar check
Replies: 20
Views: 12922

Re: Romans 1:3. Own translation. Grammar check

Daniel Semler wrote: October 9th, 2020, 11:31 pm If the seed is dead nothing comes out of it.
Thank you. However, your perspective, “If the seed is dead nothing comes out of it”, does not preclude my grammar check.
I think the theme of resurrection is present in Rom 1:3, already.
Consider e.g., the parallel with John 12:24.
by davidstansfield
October 22nd, 2020, 11:43 pm
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: Romans 1:3. Own translation. Grammar check
Replies: 20
Views: 12922

Re: Romans 1:3. Own translation. Grammar check

(I am stepping through the discussion, and conscious of subsequent issues to address…) Your comment on the article caught my attention. Perhaps we can kick-start a discussion on that. Thank you. However, my comment on the article was intended to guide discussion away from it. Simply, upon considerat...
by davidstansfield
October 17th, 2020, 7:34 pm
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: Romans 1:3. Own translation. Grammar check
Replies: 20
Views: 12922

Re: Romans 1:3. Own translation. Grammar check

Are you trying to translate or commentate ? I am (a beginner) asking whether the Greek grammar (morphology and syntax) is compatible with my translation. The position of your parenthetical suggests modification of, or commentary upon, "seed". No, I think the opposite. The content of the s...
by davidstansfield
October 15th, 2020, 8:04 pm
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: Romans 1:4. Own translation. Grammar check
Replies: 1
Views: 4377

Romans 1:4. Own translation. Grammar check

Romans 1:4 τοῦ ὁρισθέντος υἱοῦ θεοῦ ἐν δυνάμει κατὰ πνεῦμα ἁγιωσύνης ἐξ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν, (the determined Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness out from resurrection the deads, Jesus Christ the Lord of us,) Hello, I have translated Rom 1:4, as above....
by davidstansfield
October 9th, 2020, 9:07 pm
Forum: Grammar Questions
Topic: Romans 1:3. Own translation. Grammar check
Replies: 20
Views: 12922

Re: Romans 1:3. Own translation. Grammar check

I'm trying to make sense out of that. Understood, and recognised... Why do you supply "crucified, dead and buried" in parentheses? I have provided “crucified, dead and buried” in my comment on the translation, and not in my translation itself (!), to prompt people on this board to conside...

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