DIA in Rom 14:20 and BDAG

Harold R. Holmyard III hholmyard at ont.com
Thu Dec 28 20:48:59 EST 2000


Dear Iver,

You write:

>BDAG translates the same phrase as "eat with offense (to the scruples of
>another)". This is not a translation of Bauer, but a re-interpretation. It
>seems
>to me that this re-interpretation goes beyond the function of DIA as
>describing
>an accompanying circumstance and well into the function of EIS (resulting in
>offence to another person.)

Perhaps the strongest argument for the BDAG interpretation is Rom 14:21,
which says that "it is good not to eat meat or drink wine or (consume/do
anything) by which your brother stumbles." The UBS Greek-English Dictionary
defines PROSKOMMA in the phrase in Rom 14:20 as "one who eats something
that causes someone else to fall into sin."

				Yours,
				Harold Holmyard
				Dallas, TX





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