[B-Greek] John 2: 4

Mark Wilson emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Sun Aug 10 13:26:42 EDT 2003


Waldo:

>LEGEI AUTHi hO IHSOUS,
>TI EMOI KAI SOI, GUNAI; OUPW hKEI hH hORA MOU
>
>What is it in this response that would lead Jesus'
>mother to begin making immediate preparations with the
>attending servants for some upcoming commands by
>Jesus? Not to mention that Jesus likewise begins his
>performance of miracles after declaring his hour has
>not yet arrived.

I've seen some try to take OUPW hKEI hH hORA MOU as a question.
"My hour has not come, has it?" I'm made to understand that more than
one early Church Father tried this approach.

There is a Syrian/Chaldean counterpart to this expression that rather than 
expressing
opposition, it expresses unity. The idea being that Jesus was expressing 
agreement
with Mary, not opposition to her request.

Or, one may take this as Christ explaining that his mother was not the one 
to
determine when Christ's ministry began. That was the Father's decision. As 
in
2 Kings 3 (with Elisha), he opposes her request to BEGIN his ministry, but 
does
oblige her request to provide for the wedding guests.

My thoughts,

Mark Wilson

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