B-Greek: The Biblical Greek Forum

In Mark 6:2 the ECM has
και γενομενου σαββατου ηρξατο [split: διδασκειν εν τη συναγωγη/εν τη συναγωγη διδασκειν], και [split: - / οι] πολλοι ακουοντεσ εξεπλησσοντο λεγοντεσ ποθεν τουτω ταυτα, και τισ η σοφια η δοθεισα τουτω, και αι δυναμεισ τοιαυται δια των χειρων αυτου γινομεναι.

There are some readings with
(1) οτι δυναμεισ τοιαυται δια των χειρων αυτου γινονται = ECM Reading 48 f (Mss 695.1396.2738)
(2) ινα δυναμεισ τοιαυται δια των χειρων αυτου γινωνται = ECM Reading 48 e (Mss 038. 700; 740 = ινα ... γινεται; 1093 = ινα ... γινονται)

These two are candidates as the Vorlage for the Gothic reading (ei ... wairþand = that they become; þ = thorn, “th” like in english “the”).

The Editors of the ECM state in their Vol 2:2 (Supplementary Material) on page 156 «in Gothic “ei”( = οτι and ινα). The Gothic verb “wairþand” is indicative. This fact excludes that “ei”reflects Greek ινα. Gothic final clauses are constructed with optative», so the ECM accepts only the reading with οτι as Vorlage for the Gothic.

It is true, that Gothic “ei” in final clauses has the Optative, but the statement in the ECM implies, that ινα here is final. I doubt that, isn't this an epexegetical clause, explaining (in this reading), what the wisdom makes possible for Jesus? In that case, it sure could be a Vorlage for the Gothic reading.

I don't see the ECM as reconstructing the Greek Vorlage of any of the versions but merely indicating which reading they think that the version supports. As with any scholarship they could be wrong on particular points of course, but it seems to me that the versional citations are considerably less ambitious than reconstructing the various Vorlagen.

The versional information in the ECM is showing the support of versions of a specific reading. Here - in my opinion - it makes a mistake in the understanding of the Greek (a narrow interpretation of ινα: purely classic attic, whilst in the hellenistic period the use of ινα has gone beyond the final use), which mistake leads to no support of a reading, that surely can have the support of the Gothic Version.

So the Question here is: Is this ινα-reading final oder epexegetical?