1 Thess 4:4 TO hEAUTOU SKEUOS KTASQAI ...

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Sat Jul 13 11:43:11 EDT 2002


>
> I hope that this clarifies anything that was unclear in my earlier post.
> While it may be true, as Iver asserts, that this is the way in which 1
> Thess 4:4 has most commonly been understood by translators over the
> centuries, my own observation is that translators over the centuries have
> converted SKEUOS into "vessel" and refrained from making the
> sense intended
> as clear as they ought; then in recent years there has been a tendency to
> understand SKEUOS in different ways--quite erroneously, in my opinion.

Yes, it does. Thank you. And you are also right that many recent
translations have gone for the "body" option, so I retract my hasty
statement. I was probably biased by the fact that all Danish versions I know
of have taken the "acquiring a wife" option. (Except the latest from 1992
which unfortunately changed to "have a wife".) I am happy that we are in
agreement, and I'll do my best to persuade my translation colleagues to
follow RSV as the one which best reflects the intended meaning of the Greek
text in its context.

Thanks again,

Iver Larsen




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