Double negative in Jn 6.63
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Aug 1 20:06:56 EDT 1999
At 10:06 AM +1200 8/2/99, N & RJ Hanscamp wrote:
>I wonder if someone could comment on the meaning of the phrase H SARX OUK
>WFELEI OUDEN. I realise that the double negative does not create a
>positive (as in English), but I wonder what it serves as here?
This is ordinary Greek; negative adverbs or pronouns such as OUDEN, OUPOTE,
OUDEIS, regularly have the negative particle OU/MH preceding the major word
negated. The OUDEN certain has intensifying force here: hH SARX OUK OFELEI
would be meaningful by itself as "Flesh does not avail." Adding OUDEN makes
it "Flesh does not avail at all."
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University
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cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
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