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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