Mk 8:35-37, YUCH

Stevens, Charles C Charles.Stevens at unisys.com
Mon Dec 20 11:53:33 EST 1999


On 18 December 1999 at 12:05PM, Paul S. Dixon wrote:  

<<I find it interesting that all the translations of  YUCH (not pronounced,
yuck, to be sure)in Mk 8:35, 36 and 37 render it as: life, life, soul, and
soul
respectively.>>

Ummm... not quite all.  

The *unrevised* New American Bible (1970) renders YUCH as "life" twice in
v.35, as "himself" in v.36 and as "life" again in v.37, and the footnotes
emphasize the physical over the spiritual life in this passage.    
	
	-Chuck Stevens



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