Mark 10:15
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Nov 8 05:42:15 EST 2002
At 10:17 PM -0500 11/7/02, Jonathan Robie wrote:
>At 09:03 PM 11/6/2002 -0500, Clwinbery at aol.com wrote:
>
>>In a message dated 11/6/02 7:34:07 PM, emil at pemudakristen.com writes:
>>
>> >AMHN LEGW hUMIN, hOS AN MH DEXHTAI THN BASILEIAN TOU QEOU hWS PAIDION,
>> >OU MH EISELQHi EIS AUTHN.
>> >
>> >Should we take PAIDION here as a nominative or an accusative?
>> >
>> >1. If we render it as a nominative, then it is the hOS who has to be as
>> >=
>> >a little child (... whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a =
>> >little child [receives the kingdom of God] ...).
>>
>>It seems to me the only real possibility in context is the first. "to receive
>>kingdom as a little child receives the kingdom." Hence it would be
>>nominative. This is the way Accordance locates it and every other labeled
>>text I know.
>
>Interesting....little words are so important. Can hWS PAIDION mean simply
>"like a child", rather than "as a child (receives the kingdom)"? If so, it
>could simply mean "simply", "naively", "humbly", "without all your fancy
>systems and airs".
>
>To me, hWS seems to act in a similar way in passages like these:
>
>Mark 6:34 hOTI HSAN hWS PROBATA MH EXONTA POIMENA
>Matt 28:3 HN DE hH EIDEA AUTOU hWS ASTRAPH KAI TO ENDUMA AUTOU LEKON hWS XIWN
>Mark 12:25 ALL EISIN hWS ANGELOI EN TOIS OURANOIS
>Luke 21:34 KAI EPISTHi EF hHMAS AIFNIDIOS hH hHMERA EKEINH hWS PAGIS
I don't quite understand; why would the meaning be other than it is with
the implicit verb? e.g. HSAN hWS PROBATA (EISIN) MH ECONTA POIMENA; HN DE
hH EIDEA AUTOU hWS ASTRAPH (ESTIN) ... and isn't the meaning you suggest
precisely what it is in Carlton's formulation?
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Carl W. Conrad
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