Matt. 17:24 Implied affirmative

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat May 5 10:19:27 EDT 2001


At 2:34 AM -0400 5/5/01, Ronald L. Geib wrote:
>Greetings from a beginning Greek Student:
>
>My question is in regards to the question that the temple-tax collectors
>asked of Peter in Matt 17:24.  they asked, "hO DIDASKALOS hUMWN OU TELEI
>DIDRAXMA;".  Am I correct in understanding this question to imply an
>affirmative response (especially since the writer used OU rather than MH)?

I think that's essentially right: with an OU it's "This is the case, isn't
it?" (with an implication of an expected "yes" answer), with a MH it's
"This isn't so, is it" (with implication of expected "no" answer).
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Carl W. Conrad
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