OUKETI in Acts 20:25
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Mon Dec 10 13:59:21 EST 2001
In a message dated 12/10/2001 12:24:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
fconley at airmail.net writes:
> When the son said, "I am no longer fit to be called your son" he was not
> saying, was he, that he would "never again" be fit to be a son? I don't
> have a problem with going from "no further (after this)" to "no longer." I
> do have a quarrel with going from "no further" to "never again." Louw and
> Nida may indeed imply "never again" with their renderings, but I am not
> certain. Maybe English does not have a good equivalent. I am suggesting
> that OUKETI (no longer) has reference only to a cessation of something with
> the future indeterminate, whereas, "never again" has reference to the
> cessation of something with all future cessation certain. Those are not the
> same.
It seems to me that if it were to occur again at some future time, it would
then NOT be "no longer" but rather "not now" (OUDE NUN). Perhaps I'm taking
a too rigidly logical view of the matter (since when has language been
totally logical?).
gfsomsel
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