John 20:28 and Augustine
Ben Crick
ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Mon Feb 5 13:23:18 EST 2001
On Mon 5 Feb 2001 (16:27:09 +0000), mauros at iol.ie wrote:
> Well, it is certainly news to me that that the "noli me tangere"
> on which Augustine relied is an accurate rendering of MH MOU hAPTOU.
It was good enough for Jerome in the Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Maurice!
(John 20:17). The Middle Voice doesn't have an Aorist Imperative; only
Present and Perfect (MH MOU hAPTOU). Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were
already clinging to Jesus' feet (Matthew 28:9), so MH MOU hAPTOU could well
mean "let go of me"; hence the NAB "Stop holding on to me".
ERRWSQE
Ben
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