Agreed! Appreciating the semantic domain can help determine the possibilities.cwconrad wrote:Interesting points, these. But once again, I think, the point is that the "correct" translation of this word will depend upon the context in which it appears.
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- September 29th, 2014, 8:15 pm
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: Correct Translation of παρουσία
- Replies: 26
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Re: Correct Translation of παρουσία
- September 29th, 2014, 6:45 am
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: Correct Translation of παρουσία
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11315
Re: Correct Translation of παρουσία
The term παρουσία in its most basic sense refers to a person’s presence, that is, as opposed to their absence. In 1 Cor 16:17, Paul states “I rejoice at the coming (παρουσία) of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have made up for your absence.” The term was also frequently employed ...
- September 6th, 2014, 9:02 am
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: 1 John 1
- Replies: 4
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Re: 1 John 1
Use of them does not start showing up in the papyri until the third century A.D. The early NT manuscripts do not have them (and it's a sure bet the originals didn't). There is evidence that accents do appear in Greek papyri earlier than the third century CE. For example - παγκπατής (P.Oxy 2432.5 [1...
- September 6th, 2014, 7:09 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Χαίρετε ὦ φίλοι
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1555
Χαίρετε ὦ φίλοι
Χαίρετε ὦ φίλοι
Εἰρήνη σοι. Ὀ͗νομά μοί ἐστιν Μιχαηλ. Διδάσκαλος εἰμι (Αυστραλιανό Καθολικό Πανεπιστήμιο). Διαλεχθῶμεν οὖν ἑλληνικῶς. Τί λέγεις; Ἀρξώμεθα.
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Μιχαηλ
Εἰρήνη σοι. Ὀ͗νομά μοί ἐστιν Μιχαηλ. Διδάσκαλος εἰμι (Αυστραλιανό Καθολικό Πανεπιστήμιο). Διαλεχθῶμεν οὖν ἑλληνικῶς. Τί λέγεις; Ἀρξώμεθα.
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Μιχαηλ
- September 6th, 2014, 4:15 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Can anyone identify this greek text on the wall of a pizza s
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2272
Re: Can anyone identify this greek text on the wall of a piz
The Theodotus Inscription. Θεόδοτος Οὐεττήνου, ἱερεὺς καὶ ἀρχισυνάγωγος, υἱὸς ἀρχισυν[αγώ]- γ[ο]υ υἱωνὸς ἀρχισυν[α]γώγου, ᾠκο- δόμησε τὴν συναγωγὴν εἰς ἀνάγ[ν]ω- σ[ι]ν νόμου καὶ εἰς [δ]ιδαχ[ὴ]ν ἐντολῶν, καὶ τὸν ξενῶνα, κα[ὶ τὰ] σώματα καὶ τὰ χρη- σ[τ]ήρια τῶν ὑδάτων εἰς κατάλυμα τοῖ- ς [χ]ρήζουσιν ...
- September 5th, 2014, 9:43 pm
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: Source of Ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν· in Luke 4:23?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2585
Re: Source of Ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν· in Luke 4:23?
Homer (Illiad, XI 833-35) ΙΗΤΡΟΙ... ΤΟΝ ΜΕΝ ΕΝΙ ΚΛΙΣΙΗΣΙΝ ΟΙΟΜΑΙ ΕΛΚΟΣ ΕΧΟΝΤΑ ΧΡΙΖΟΝΤΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝ ΑΜΥΜΟΝΟΣ ΙΗΤΗΡΟΣ, ΚΕΙΣΑΙ... cf. Euripides (cf. Plutarch) ΑΛΛΩΝ ΙΑΤΡΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΣ ΕΛΚΕΣΙΝ ΒΡΥΩΝ. See further J. L. Nolland, “Classical and Rabbinic Parallels to ‘Physician, Heal Yourself’ (Lk iv 23),” NovT 21 ...