[B-Greek] (no subject)
Maurice A. O'Sullivan
mauros at iol.ie
Mon Aug 4 15:49:24 EDT 2003
At 17:43 04/08/2003, EJones wrote:
>Mark 9:24 reads : PISTEUW, BOHQEI MOU THi APISTIAi. The NIV translates
>this as "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief". The NKJV reads:
>"Lord, I believe; help my unbelief." The passage looks to me like it
>should be translated: I believe, help (me) in my unbelief." I don't have a
>lexicon to determine whether BOHQEI takes a genitive for a direct object
>(help me) or whether MOU is related to THi APISTIAi (my unbelief). But in
>either case I can't see how the above translations are supported.
BDAG ( better than BADG ) has this:
>> Render assistance help, come to the aid of TINIV someone Mt 15:25;
Mk 9:22; Ac 16:9 <<<
and
>>help my lack of faith, or = MOI APISTOUNTI Mk 9:24. <<
Maurice A. O'Sullivan
[Bray, Ireland]
"Apply yourself wholly to the text; apply the text wholly to yourself."
- Johann Albrecht Bengel
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