The Adverbial EUQUS in Mark 1:21

Steve Long steve at allegrographics.com
Wed Sep 2 04:44:36 EDT 1998


>
>The Problem
>
>RSV translates the adverbial EUQUS as "immediately," but NIV does not
>translate it at all. NIV also does not translate EUQUS in Mark 1:10 or 1:30,
>but it does translate it in 1:12, 18, 20, 23, 28, 29, 42 and 43. Other
>chapters were not considered for this study.
>
>Question: Why do you think NIV ignored EUQUS in Mark 1:21, which seems to add
>an element of urgency and importance to Jesus' desire to teach at this time,
>and in this place?
>
I have always read it as "And then" denoting what happened next (but still
carrying a sense of time). It seems to be a storytelling style of speaking.


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