Matthew 24:22
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Oct 11 21:17:53 EDT 2002
Forwarded for: George Somsel <Polycarp66 at aol.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 18:28:26 EDT
In a message dated 10/11/2002 4:40:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
waldoslusher at yahoo.com writes:
>KAI EI MH EKOLOBWQHSAN hAI hHMERAI EKEINAI.....
>
>Is there anything in this context that would require
>understanding EKOLOBWQHSAN to mean that each 24 hour
>day has been shortened/lopped off to less than 24
>hours per day? Could it be that the days AS A WHOLE,
>rather than being shortened, have been 'fixed' to last
>a certain period of time? Which is to say that God has
>predetermined that these days will not go on
>indefinitely (year after year), but have been lopped
>off to cease after the FULL time has run its course.
>
This is one thing I had never considered as a possible understanding. This
goes beyond the grammar and lexicography of Greek, but I will state that
everyone I have ever heard speak or have read concerning this considered
this to be a shortening of the number of days, not the length of the days
themselves. This is figurative speech. Sometimes we try to understand
things a bit too literally.
gfsomsel
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