Matthew 11.11

Brian Malley bmalley at umich.edu
Thu Mar 22 19:23:32 EST 2001


I have a question on Matthew 11.11:

AMHN LEGW hUMIN, OUK EGHGERTAI EN GENNHTOIS GUINAIKWN MEIZWN IWANNOU
BAPTISTOU; hO DE MIKROTEROS EN THi BASILEIAi TWN OURANOWN MEIZWN AUTOU
ESTIN.

My question has to do with the role of DE.  Most translations seem to render
it in a contrastive sense--"yet".  But hO DE is a standard connective
denoting a shift of subject without necessarily any contrastive or
adversative force.  Is there some rule about the use of DE I am overlooking?

Best,
Brian Malley
Department of Anthropology
The University of Michigan
1020 LSA Building
Ann Arbor MI  48109-1382




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