Second Plural (Luke 16:25-26)

Dan Parker stoixein at sdf.lonestar.org
Tue Mar 6 17:13:15 EST 2001


> 
> That's a pretty good one but a careful reading, as you point out, can clear
> up the ambiguity.  I'm looking for specific examples where, in our modern
> English translations, the first/second plural is *impossible* to discern.
> Lk 22:31-32 (thanks Carl) meets this criterion.
> 
> Jim Darden
> Arlington, WA
> 

How about this?  Most versions make it appear that two instances of
"you" in verse 26 are referring to Abraham, thus it is not readily
apparent that Abraham represents a group or class of people.

	Luke 16:25 "But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your
	life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad
	things; but now he is being comforted here, and you [SU] are
	in agony. 26 'And besides all this, between us and you [hUMWN]
	there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come
	over from here to you [hUMAS] will not be able, and that none
	may cross over from there to us.' (NASB)

Sincerely,
Dan Parker





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