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Mark 5:7

Humor Or A Frozen Expression   Mk 5.7

hORKIZW MK 5:7 c stirling bartholomew cc.constantine at worldnet.att.net Sun Sep 22 17:43:45 EDT 2002   On 1 Corinthians 14:2 (WARNING) John 17 MARK 5:7 KAI KRAXAS FWNHi MEGALHi LEGEI: TI EMOI KAI SOI, IHSOU hUIE TOUQEOU TOU hUYISTOU; hORKIZW SE TON QEON, MH ME BASANISHiS.R.T. France (Mark, NIGTC) thinks that it is “surprising” that…

John 2:23

John 2 23

John 2:23 backusfam1 at bluefrognet.net backusfam1 at bluefrognet.net Wed Apr 3 13:28:32 EST 2002   Greetings from Japan Textbooks for Principles of Exegesis Class My question is in regard to John 2:23 as to the use of the dative plural of the word Jerusalem in the Greek text. Why is this in the plural form?…

Luke 7:34

Did JESUS drink WINE in Luke 7:34?

So Jesus says that the Son of Man came “eating and drinking.” Does he mean: Men in general eat carbohydrates and drink liquids (which is too obvious) Jesus eats carbohydrates and drinks water (again, somewhat obvious). Jesus eats stuff and drinks wine. Jesus always came eating and drinking (impossible)? Luke 7:29-35 29 (All the people, even…

James 2:15

James 2:15

James 2:15 (loosely connected to “Compound subjects with hH” [sic]) Paul Zellmer zellmer at cag.pworld.net.ph Sun Sep 6 19:49:32 EDT 1998   Isaiah 45:19 (also Isaiah 7:14 in Mt 1:23) b-hebrew I didn’t realize when I asked my question about the *H* in James 2:15this past weekend that this has been an area of debate…

Galatians 4:13

Galatians 4:13

Gal. 4:13 hOTI DI’ Wayne Leman wayne_leman at sil.org Sun Nov 11 16:45:22 EST 2001   SBL paper posted (Adapting Technology to Teach Koine Greek) APIEI One of my coworkers is currently revising the translation of Galatians andasked me yesterday to help him determine the meaning of hOTI DI’ in Gal.4:13. English versions are divided…

2 Corinthians 1:20

The Repeated Use Of DIA In 2 Corinthians 1 20

The repeated use of DIA in 2 Corinthians 1:20 Bret A. Hicks bret at maranatha.net Wed Jul 14 09:15:03 EDT 1999   What to count (was: Hair-splitting…) KURIE ELEHSON ME As I was studying 2 Corinthians 1:20 this morning, I noticed that Paulused the constructionDI’ AUTOU TO AMHN TW QEW PROS DOXAN DI’ HMWN(THROUGH HIM…

Matthew 12:28

FQANW In Mt 12 28

[] FQANW in Mt 12:28 Mark admin at asarian-host.net Sat Apr 16 09:54:25 EDT 2005   [] “Self-Study Language Programs” for German, French, etc. [] FQANW in Mt 12:28 Dear Dr. Conrad,In article:http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail//2000-April/010883.htmlYou wrote, about Mt 12:28,> I have long felt that FQANW is one of the strangest verbs in the Greek> language, and its…

Revelation 4:9

Rev 4.9 (Double Accentuation)

Rev 4.9 (Double Accentuation) Jason A. Hare language_lover64801 at yahoo.com Thu Jun 21 03:02:55 EDT 2001   Rev 4.11 (breaking of Sharp’s Rule) Rev 4.11 (breaking of Sharp’s Rule) Revelation 4.9KAI hOTAN DWSOUSIN TA ZWiA DOXAN KAI TIMHN KAI EUCARISTIAN TWi KAQHMENWiEPI TWi _QRONWi_ TWi ZWNTI EIS TOUS AIWNAS TWN AIWNWN,…Is there *supposed* to be…

Revelation 20:3

Revelation 20:3

[] Rev 20:3 Alexander Ring akring at mac.com Wed Mar 18 14:00:00 EDT 2009   [] “agenda” (Randall Buth) [] Rev 20:3 My question regards the phrase:ARCI TELESQHi TA CILIA ETH.With TELESQHi being aorist subjunctive, might this be translated “until the thousand years were about to end”? I’m not keen on translations like “until the…

John 8:57

John 8:57

Jn 8:57b Andrew T. Dolan, MA, ABD dolan at lasalle.edu Fri Dec 24 09:33:25 EST 1999   John 8:58 THEOS HGAPHSEN For those hot on 8:58, perhaps help can be derived from Tjitze Baarda, “John8:57B. The Contribution of the Diatessaron of Tatian,” Novum Testamentum38.4 (1996): 336-343. My memory of Baarda’s point is foggy, but the…