MT 14:27 QARSEITE,EGW EIMI

A K M Adam akm-adam at nwu.edu
Mon Jan 10 08:59:14 EST 2000


Colleagues,

What about representing this with the idiomatic "Here I am" (as in 
LXX Isaiah 6:8, IDOU, EGW EIMI, APOSTEILON ME)? This may also be 
helpful for the Johannine text that bedevilled us several weeks ago.

Grace and peace,
A K M Adam

At 7:30 AM -0600 1/10/00, Steven Craig Miller wrote:
>To: Joseph Brian Tucker,
>
><< EUQUS DE ELALHSEN [hO IHSOUS] AUTOIS LEGWN, QARSEITE, EGW EIMI MH 
>FOBEISQE. Does a translation of "take courage, it is I" obscure a 
>better translation of "Fear not, I am"? >>
>
>The NRSV gives: << But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, 
>"Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid." >>
>
>IMO "it is I" sounds a little too formal. A more colloquial way of 
>saying this would be "it's me."

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