CAIRETE -- Goodbye?
Ben Crick
ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Fri Jun 2 18:14:58 EDT 2000
On Fri 2 Jun 2000 , kandswilliford at aol.com wrote:
> He
> on the other hand translates 3.1 as "Now, my brothers, good-bye, and
> the Lord be with you..." and 4.4 as "Goodbye, and the Lord be with you
> always. Again I say, goodbye."
Dear Kevin,
The English word "Goodbye" is short for "God be with you". So it does
not translate CAIRETE; it translates hO KURIOS MEQ' hUMWN or suchlike.
"The Lord be with you" is normally treated as a Salutation, not a Valediction;
but can be either. 'Goodbye', is of course always a Valediction.
Pax vobiscum (et cum spiritu tuo)
Ben
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