Mark 1:19

Mark Wilson emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Tue Jun 4 23:33:14 EDT 2002



Brooks:

You wrote:

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>KAI PROBAS OLIGON EIDEN IAKWBON TON TOU ZEBEDAIOU KAI
>IWANNHN TON ADELFON AUTOU KAI AUTOUS EN TWi PLOIWi
>KATARTIZONTAS TA DIKTUA
>
>Why do some translations render the second kai as "also"?  If this is a
>legitimate translation, then what might be the significance in context?
>Is their any particular significance to the definite article before
>"boat"?
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KAI can be translated a number of ways, such as: and, also, even.
How it is translated by a particular translator will depend on
how he/she takes its function in a particular construct.

KAI AUTOUS may indicate that these brothers were ALSO in their boat,
just as Simon and his brother Andrew were in their boat.

The definite article in this prepositional phrase does not
strike me as odd. Not sure if TWi can denote possession here,
but if so, you could understand it as "in their boat."

So, Jesus sees two brothers in their boat, walks a little
farther, and sees two more brothers in their boat, each
set of brothers performing some fishing related tasks.

I sense I have missed what is implicit in your question, since
my answer here is extremely basic.

Mark Wilson

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