Formal Address - CORRECTION

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Sat Mar 9 20:50:54 EST 2002


In a message dated 3/9/2002 8:38:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, Polycarp66 
writes:


> In a message dated 3/9/2002 8:13:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> spuluka at hotmail.com writes:
> 
> In many indoeuropean languages the second person plural is used for formal
> address as a matter of respect to the person being addressed.  The singular
> would be used in familar situations.
> 
> Does this operate in Greek as well?  Are there any examples of this in the
> NT?
> ________________________
> 
> My recollection of this is that it doesn't happen.  I could well be in 
> error though.  I have been putting Westcott & Hort's NT into unicode for 
> CCEL and just did John 19 before I read your post.  Here Jesus is speaking 
> with Pilate (and one could argue that he should have shown respect to 
> Pilate's authority).  This is what appears (19.34 - for purposes of this 
> e-mail the punctuation is English style) .
> 
> APEKRIQH IHSOUS, "APO SEAUTOU SU TOUTO LEGEIS H ALLOI EIPON SOI PERI EMOU?" 
> 
> The rest is similar.
> 
> gfsomsel
> 

I guess I'm more tired than I realized.  I've just started John 19.  That was 
18.34.

george
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