to lay hands upon

Wieland Willker willker at chemie.uni-bremen.de
Sun Aug 1 10:16:51 EDT 1999


John:
7:30 ezhtoun oun auton piasai kai oudeis
epebalen ep auton thn ceira oti oupw elhluqei
h wra autou 
7:44 tines de hqelon ex autwn piasai auton all
oudeis epebalen ep auton tas ceiras

Egerton:
kai epebalon [tas] cei[ras] autwn ep auton oi [arcon]tes [in]a piaswsin
kai par[adwsin] auton tw oclw. kai ouk e[dunanto] auton piasai oti oupw
e[lhluqei] autou h wra ths parado[sews.]

"And the rulers laid their hands upon him to seize him and hand him over
to the crowd. 
And they could not take him because the hour of his arrest had not yet
come."

What does it mean to "lay hands upon him"? Do they have him physically
in their hands? I don't think so.

Best wishes
    Wieland

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