Lk 2:49 EN TOIS ... (Luke in Codex Bezae issue)
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Sep 26 12:43:57 EDT 2002
For George Somsel:
In a message dated 9/26/2002 7:14:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu writes:
>Reply to George Somsel
>>NA27 : OUK HDEITE hOTI EN TOIS TOU PATROS MOU DEI EINAI ME
>>>D05, W : OUK OIDATE hOTI EN TOIS TOU PATROS MOU DEI ME EINAI.
>
>>I may be "putting my foot in it" here, but I think I will agree with you
>>that TOIS would seem to refer to DIDASKALWN in v 46 whether or not one
>>concedes that EINAI has an existential sense.
>
>Then the question to be asked is: Why the choice of TOIS in preference to
>another pronoun?
>
>> When reference is made to the temple it is EN TWi hIERWi, a singular.
>
>Precisely what are you alluding to?
>
The usual translation (in English) for Lk 2.49 is "I must be in my Father's
house" or "I must be about my Father's business." Since EN TWi hIERWi is
singular, TOIS being plural would seem to exclude that understanding. "My
Father's business [NASB footnote "affairs"] would be a possibility. On the
other hand, it could also refer to TWN DIDASKALWN in v. 46 which would then
yield "I must be among my father's teachers" (not those who teach God, but
those who teach for God).
gfsomsel
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