KJV Mt. 2:4

lance w seevers lws39 at juno.com
Mon Jun 11 18:57:10 EDT 2001


The KJV translates PUQANOMAI as "asked" in Luke 15:26 and 18:36,
following wyclifs version. But the websters dictionary does give an
archaic definition for "demand" as "question." The 
kjv does translate it as demand in acts 21:33. FWIW
Walt Seevers
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:00:44 -0400 "Ted Mann" <theomann at earthlink.net>
writes:
> In Mt. 2:4, whereas the NASB, NIV, etc., translate EPUQAVETO as "he 
> asked,"
> or "inquired," I notice the KJV has "demanded," which produces quite 
> a
> different sense to me.  Is "demanded," a less apt translation or is 
> this
> only a matter of changes in the English language over a span of 400 
> years?
> Would "demand" have meant "ask" to 17th-century readers?  Many 
> thanks.
> 
> Ted
> Dr. Theodore H. Mann
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