Punctuation query
Bryant J. Williams III
bjwvmw at com-pair.net
Tue Dec 11 02:46:26 EST 2001
Punctuation queryDear Rodney:
Try Romans 8:31-35.
KJV: What shall we then say to these things? If god be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
NIV: What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all - how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died - more than that, who was raised to life - is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
My own translation:
What shall we say, then, in response to this? If God be for us, who can be against us? If He did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, then, how will He not also graciously give us all things along with Him? Who will bring any charge against those who God has chosen? Is it God who declares 'Not guilty?' Who is he that condemns? Is it Christ Jesus who died (rather who was raised to life) who is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us? Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger or sword?
I Peter 1:1-2:
KJV: Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Gather, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
NIV: Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to God's elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have be chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood. Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
My own translation:
Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ to the elect strangers of the Diaspora of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by sanctification of the Spirit for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ, Grace to you and Peace be multiplied.
En Xpistw,
Rev. Bryant J. Williams III
----- Original Message -----
From: Decker, Rodney
To: Biblical Greek
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 1:26 PM
Subject: [b-greek] Punctuation query
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?!
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Rodney J. Decker, Th.D.
Associate Prof./NT
Baptist Bible Seminary
Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/
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