Mk 3.5

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Tue Apr 13 22:27:06 EDT 1999


At 10:01 PM 4/13/99 -0400, you wrote:
>In Mk 3.5 the participle periblepsamenos is in the middle voice, but I'm not
>sure why it's not active instead.  I understand the middle to express
>actions done for or unto oneself, which thereby undercuts the dichotomy of
>subject and object.  I can only make sense of the middle here in that Jesus
>was looking around so as to be on guard, thus looking out for himself.
>
>Thanks,

however, since the word is a participle- and in true "particpular" (!)
fashion, the voice is "lost" (or maybe simply set aside) in favor of an
emphasis on "time" (or maybe duration).  Thus, something like- "and looking
around at them... while angered", etc.

best,

jim

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