2 Cor. 3:14

Clwinbery at aol.com Clwinbery at aol.com
Mon Aug 5 21:38:02 EDT 2002


In a message dated 8/5/02 7:25:39 PM, toseland at blueyonder.co.uk writes:

>But if 'only' is read into the hOTI clause of v. 14, may I ask 
>also how I should I understand the opening ALLA of v. 15? 
>It usualy seems to be taken to be ascensive: 'Indeed'; 
>but isn't ALLA always adversative, even when it is ascensive
>('Not only this, but'; 'But rather')?
>
>A)LL' hEWS SHMERON hHNIKA AN ANAGINWSKHTAI MWUSHS KALUMMA EPI 
>THN KARDIAN AUTWN KEITAI

BDAG gives translations for ALLA in this situation as "but," "yet," or 
"rather." Something other than the expected has happened. So I would render 
it "Yet even until now when Moses is read . . ."

Carlton Winbery
Louisiana College



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