3 Corinthians 27

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Dec 11 09:59:58 EST 2002


At 9:39 AM -0500 12/11/02, Bart Ehrman wrote:
>   Yeah, good point.  Not quite sure, though, as there is a BALLETE nearby
>that looks like it is indicative 2 pl.  If you're right, then I guess this
>too would be BALLETAI?  The whole prior sentence runs (I've standardized
>the spelling; several iticisms and abbreviations here):
>
>	OU ... OIDASIN TON EPI TOU PUROU SPORON H TWN ALLWN SPERMATWN OTI
>GUMNA BALLETE EIS THN GHN KAI SYNFQARENTA KATW HGERQH EN QELHMATI QEOU EN
>SWMA KAI HMFIESMENA
>
>   Maybe this *does* work better.

I think this clinches it; surely all those neuter plurals are subjects of
what must be BALLET(AI) and then note HGERQH as the second verb; it must be
3d sg. verb with n. pl. subject.

>   Any ideas on the end of the other sentence?
>> >
>> >	WSTE OU MONON TO SWMA EGEIRETE TO BLHQEN ALLA POLLOSTON ORQON
>> >HULOGHMENON.
>> >
>> >        Which means something like "so that not only do you raise up the
>> >body that is cast down, but it is multiplied, erect, and blessed."
>> >
>> >   Or is there a better way to deal with the final three words (polloston,
>> >orthon, huloghmenon)?

Well, BDAG has an entry under POLLOSTOS precisely for this passage:

abounding--of the resurrected body (in imagery of a grain of wheat) SWMA
... POLLOSTON ORQON HULOGHMENON a body . . . abounding/teeming (because it
is productive), upright, and blessed AcPlCor 2:27.-DELG s.v. POLUS.
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Carl W. Conrad
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