Punctuation query
Jeffrey B. Gibson
jgibson000 at attbi.com
Mon Dec 10 17:12:49 EST 2001
"Decker, Rodney" wrote:
> Could anyone offer an example (or a few such) in which the
> *punctuation* of a NT text (i.e., a punctuation variant) changes the
> meaning? I'm looking for clear examples in which the text could be
> read (legitimately, not humorously!) in at least two different ways
> depending on the way the text is punctuated--and which readings
> clearly result in a different meaning (not just a different emphasis
> or two different way to say essentially the same thing).
>
> The primary impetus for this query is an English teacher's query for
> such an example as she teaches punctuation. I've run across such
> examples before (often involving questions, as I recall--though I'd
> prefer exs. which hinge on a colon vs coma vs period), but I can't
> pull up any off the top of my head at the moment--and I don't have the
> time to do a lot of work tracking it down. Who better to ask, I
> thought, than the b-greek community where such knowledge is readily
> available?!
There's the Lukan Jesus' remark to the "penitent thief". One of the
Syriac versions has a comma after, not before, "today".
Yours,
Jeffrey Gibson
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