EPROFHTEUSEN - Luke 1:67

Suedaleg at aol.com Suedaleg at aol.com
Sat Jul 1 04:10:24 EDT 2000


I have a question about the form of a verb and its implications if any.  In 
Luke 1:67 Luke use the aorist of PROFETEUW.  I noticed that in the 
Coptic/Egytian manuscripts it is EPROFUTEUSEN, but in the Byzantine 
manuscripts it is PROEFHTEUSE.  I understand the second as the compound is 
PRO-FETEUW.  Is the first simply a geographic dialect difference? or is there 
a subtle distinction in how these two grougs may have seen the word?

Just curious about this.  Thanks
Dale Greenlee



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