Syntax of Mark 2:2

Moon-Ryul Jung moon at saint.soongsil.ac.kr
Mon Apr 12 23:55:00 EDT 1999


Dear Navarro,
I asked the same question on Mark 2:2, to which Carl gave the same
answer as he did this time. 
But your translation and explanation seems to make a better sense:

> The sentence is very clear to me.
> 
> hWSTE MHKETI XWREIN MHDE TA PROS THN QURAN-
> so that neither the house nor the courtyard could  contain them anymore.
> 

But isn't it possible, grammatically speaking, to take it as Carl
does? Do double negatives MHKETI .... MHDE make Carl's interpretation
less probable?

Respectfully,
Moon
Moon-Ryul Jung
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
Soongsil University,
Seoul, Korea



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