two tunics

jerker karlsson jerker_k at hotmail.com
Wed Jun 12 18:35:55 EDT 2002


Given that the tunic is an inner garment, it is hard to see way anyone would 
want to wear two of the same kind. If the parallel saying in Matthew and 
Luke also is taken into account, we’ll notice that Mark alone talks about 
being DRESSED in the tunics. The others talk about possessing.   Therefore, 
I deem it most likely that Mark means to say the same thing as his fellow 
evangelist, but he has chosen a somewhat odd way to put it.
Regards

Jerker Karlsson
Lund, Sweden



>From: Jim West <jwest at highland.net>
>Reply-To: Jim West <jwest at highland.net>
>To: Biblical Greek <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
>CC: ioudaios-l at lehigh.edu
>Subject: [b-greek] two tunics
>Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 15:22:23 -0400
>
>mark 6:9 admonishes the disciples not to *endushsthe duo chitwnas* on their
>mission.  this is usually understood to mean that they were to abandon
>luxury and the symbols of wealth... etc.
>
>what i am wondering is- is this a correct reading?  is there something
>significant about wearing (which is what the text literally says) two
>tunics?  did certain people dress in that way so that jesus wishes his
>missionaries not to?  they are not to carry the *phran*- i.e., the money 
>bag
>of the begging cynic-- so is the double tunic likewise some sort of
>sociological marker?
>
>thanks
>
>jim
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Regards

Jerker Karlsson
Lund, Sweden


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