Luke 23:43

Grant grant at cajun.net
Tue Dec 21 23:27:59 EST 1999


Luke 23:43 "KAI EIPEN AUTW AMHN SOI LEGO, SHMERON MET EMOU ESH EN TW PARADEISW"

It places the "comma" before SHMERON  which give a time that the evildoer would enjoy the paradise promised (regardless of the location or the inhabitants of that paradise).

Yet, another translation that I once stumbled upon placed the "comma" after SHMERON which then gives a time of the statement and leaves the evild doer's enjoyment of paradise indefinite--just a future promise.

The footnote claimed that the original Greek had no comma placed here although the Westcott and Hort text does.

My question is simple: "Does anyone have access to the oldest documents to check this?"
Has anyone researched this before?  It seems that the simple placement of the comma is very important.  Does this translation have any merit in deviating from the majority based on this understanding?

Sincerely,
Grant Polle

Louisiana, USA

"It's not the amount of Greek in your life, but it's the amount of life in your Greek."
- anonymous quote by a compulsive Greeker (me)



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