MENOUN in Luke 11.28

Mark Goodacre M.S.GOODACRE at bham.ac.uk
Wed May 5 12:44:17 EDT 1999


I would be grateful for any help on the translation of the following:

Luke 11.28: MENOUN MAKARIOI hOI AKOUONTES TON LOGON TOU QEOU KAI FULASSONTES.

The standard translation is "Blessed *rather* are those who hear the word of 
God and keep it".  But I am wondering whether it might be legitimate to 
translate more along the lines of "Indeed -- and blessed moreover are those . . 
." or some such thing.  There seems to be some ground for doing this, e.g. Rom. 
10.18 where MENOUNGE might reasonably be translated "Indeed . . ." or Phil. 
3.8, also MENOUNGE, "Indeed I count everything as loss . . ."

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Mark
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