Luke 23:43 .Was the thief with Jesus in pardise the same day?

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Sun Jun 3 08:22:51 EDT 2001


At 07:32 PM 6/2/01 -0400, you wrote:
>To all B-Greekers,
>
>Since in the original manuscripts there where no punctuation marks,the
>question is why not,
> "...AMHN SOI LEGW SHMERON, MET' EMOU ESH EN TW PARADEISW"
>INSTEAD OF, "...AMHN SOI LEGW, SHMERON MET' EMOU ESH EN TW PARADEISW"?
>
>Harry W. Jones

Hi,

well you are correct.  however, whichever reading you adopt- the meaning is
essentially the same..

today i tell you, you will be with me in paradise
is the same as
i tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.

either way the thief is going to go where jesus goes.


best

jim

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