Luke 18:13-TWi hAMARTWLWi

Carlton Winbery winberyc at popalex1.linknet.net
Sat Aug 7 16:10:35 EDT 1999


Edgar Foster wrote;

>I'm presently trying to work out some of the implications of the Greek
>definite article. In this connection I was wondering, how would you
>translate TWi hAMARTWLWi in Luke 18:13 and why would you translate it
>in this way or that?
>
I would say that the use of the article TWi is used to denote a member of a
class of people. It is similar to the famous eg. Jn 10:10 "A thief (hO
KLEPTHS) comes only to . . ." Hence, I would translate the word of the tax
collector as ". . . be merciful to me, (one who is) a sinner."


Dr. Carlton L. Winbery
Foggleman Professor of Religion
Louisiana College
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