OUKETI in Acts 20:25
Frazier Conley
fconley at airmail.net
Mon Dec 10 10:59:35 EST 2001
I would like to raise a question about the rendering of OUKETI in passages such as Acts 20:25 KAI NUN IDOU EGW OIDA hOTI OUKETI OPSESTHE TO PROSWPON MOU hUMEIS PANTES EN OIS DIHLQON KHRUSSWN THN BASILEIAN.
Most, but not all, recent translations have gone to something like "never again."
My survey of the lexicons, classical and NT, indicates that the "never again" version of OUKETI is unsupported. It has its only advocate in the Arndt, Gingrich, etc. editions.
I did not check out all the BDAG examples, but what I looked at were unconvincing. In fact, I am suspicious of a theological motive behind the definition, especially in reference to Acts 20:25.
As I have looked at other examples of OUKETI it appeared to me to indicate the cessation of a prior state, without any necessary implication about how long that cessation would exist, and that "never again" is certainly too strong. Thus "no longer" or "no more" remain much better renderings.
Any input?
Frazier Conley
Whitewright, Texas
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