EULOHMENOS hO ERCOMENOS EN ONOMATI KURIOU

Polychroni upb_moniodis at ONLINE.EMICH.EDU
Mon Oct 18 13:02:47 EDT 1999


A while ago I posted on the B-Hebrew list regarding the text of Ps. 
118:26a (MT).  I was interested in whether the Hebrew supported by 
reading of the Greek (not knowing any Hebrew).  The B-Hebrew list was 
divided on the question (though I found substantial support for my 
hypothesis).  The Hebrew arguments being exhausted, the matter started 
to turn to the Greek.  Rather than continue on that question there, I 
am posting it here.

The LXX text of the psalm, repeated in the NT is:

EULOHMENOS hO ERCOMENOS EN ONOMATI KURIOU

Which I read as saying:  

Blessed [be] the Coming One in the name of the Lord.

Not meaning that the Coming One comes in the name of the Lord, but that 
the Coming One is blessed [by  us] in the name of the Lord.

In support of this I also offer the Greek text of ~Textus Receptus~ for 
Mk 11:10a which has:

EULOGHMENH hH ERKOMENH BASIEIA EN ONOMATI KURIOU 
TOU PATROS HMWN DAUID

Which literally translates to:

 "Blessed [be] the coming kingship in the name of the Lord of our 
father David."

Or, in predicated position:

"The coming kingship of our father David is blessed in the name of the 
Lord." 

Or, in attributive position:

"Blessed in the name of the Lord is the coming kingship of our father 
David."

Where it is unreasonable to ascribe that the coming kingship comes in 
the name of the Lord.


Your response is welcomed.

Regards,

Polychroni N. Moniodis
Ypsilanti, Michigan


PS.  I have consulted the commentaries of St. John Chrysostom (both on 
Matthew & the Psalms) and St. Theophylactos (c. 1000 AD) and did not 
find support for the traditional interpretation that "in the name of 
the Lord" modifies the "Coming One."  




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