Luke 23:43

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Sep 30 20:08:32 EDT 2002


At 10:15 AM -0700 9/30/02, Matthew T. Williams wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>Carl Conrad wrote;
>
>I'd also note that there are some, perhaps many (myself included), who
>think that SHMERON in Lk 23:43 belongs with AMHN SOI LEGW. Of course, this
>does indeed run counter to Iver's assertion that there is no final-position
>emphasis in Greek word-order, but that's one of the points on which we
>continue to disagree.
>---------------------------------------------------
>
>I'm curious why you prefer SHMERON belonging with AMHN SOI LEGW instead of
>MET' EMOU ESHi EN TWi PARADEISWi.
>
>
>I can see that the syntax could really read either way.  Can you explain to
>me your grammatical/syntactical reasons for preffering the first reading?

Rather than repeat the arguments, I think I'll suggest that you and any
others interested in the matter consult in the archives the message I wrote
after changing my mind on this issue. It's dated Jan 15, 2000 and has the
subject-header, "Re: SHMERON in Luke 23:43 (a long palinode)"
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Carl W. Conrad
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