Romans 12:6-8

Mark Wilson emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Sun Jul 28 13:50:32 EDT 2002


HJBLUEBIRD:

I really do not think any information is missing, unless you
want to argue that your last post was likewise missing information.

You wrote:

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>Yes. Also I have noticed missing information in the Greek of the 
>Septuagint. I found this very upsetting. I felt that if I was the one 
>writting the Greek
>that I could have written it out in a much more understandable form.
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In your first sentence (Yes.), there is no subject or verb! You
could have written this out in a more understandable form in case
someone two thousand years later tried to reconstruct your
statement. Perhaps, you could have written:

"I agree with your comment, George."

But of course, many, being native English readers,
understood what you meant. And I note that in Greek, both
classical and Koine, that it is commonplace to not provide a verb.
To native Greek readers, this was not the least bit awkward
nor would it be considered outside an "understandable form."

My thoughts,

Mark Wilson


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