2 Cor 3:14 - MH ANAKALUPTOMENON
Paul Toseland
toseland at blueyonder.co.uk
Mon Aug 5 16:00:44 EDT 2002
2 Cor 3:14
ALLA EPWRWQH TA NOHMATA AUTWN. AXRI GAR THS SHMERON HMERAS TO AUTO
KALUMMA EPI TH ANAGNWSEI THS PALAIAS DIAQHKHS MENEI MH
ANAKALUPTOMENON, hOTI EN XRISTW KATARGEITAI.
The New Revised Standard Version translates, 'Indeed, to this very
day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, that same
veil is still there, since only in Christ is it set aside'.
This is typical, I think, of most translations and interpretations.
But according to Smyth (section 2728), MH with a participle
generally encodes a condition, not a statement. So I would like to
translate,
For until this present day, when the old covenant is read that same
veil remains, unless it is being lifted; for in Christ it is being
rendered ineffectual.
This would eliminate the need to read in 'only' in the hOTI clause,
and also reduce the apparent redundancy of v. 15.
Am I missing something?
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