Didache 1:3 POIA GAR CARIS

Jonathan Robie jonathan.robie at sagus.com
Wed Aug 25 02:49:58 EDT 1999


Didache 1:3 POIA GAR CARIS is translated by Kirsopp Lake as "what credit is 
that to you". My stubborn brain can't figure out how to construe POIA and 
CARIS to obtain that meaning. Zerwick finds this likely, too. Are there 
other places where CARIS means "credit"?

However, Luke 6:32-34 has POIA hUMIN CARIS, three times, in a parallel 
passage, and NASB translates this as "what credit is that to you". Matthew 
5:46 has TINA MISQON ECETE, which is a very similar meaning.

By the way, I can't remember who recommended the Didache as light reading, 
but it really is quite easy to read, especially as many of the phrases echo 
phrases that are familiar from the New Testament.

Jonathan
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