[B-Greek] Luke on KATALUMA
waldo slusher
waldoslusher at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 4 16:39:58 EST 2003
Mitch:
Looks like no one wanted to interact with this one.
KATALUMA does not bear the sense of "public
accommodations" (motel or inn) in the Gospels or NT.
It is used of a place for lodging or dining within
someone's personal residence (usually upstairs).
What appears to have happened is that Jesus was born
in one of the smaller rooms that would adjoin the
courtyard of a residence. Next to this room was
another room that probably functioned as a stable. The
feeding trough that would have been in that room was a
convenient place to lay Jesus. That Joseph and Mary
were not allowed in a relative's residence has no
merit in scripture. They just were not able to stay
upstairs in the KATALUMA, but there were other lodging
places within the same residence for them to stay.
Waldo
--- Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Luke 2:7 (I don't have my Greek Bible with me)
>
> And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped
> him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger,
> because there was no place for them in the inn
> (KATALUMA).
>
> The NET Bible note is:
>
> 21tn The Greek word KATALUMA is flexible, and usage
> in
> the LXX and NT refers to a variety of places for
> lodging (see BAGD 414 s.v.). Most likely Joseph and
> Mary sought lodging in the public accommodations in
> the city of Bethlehem (see J. Nolland, Luke [WBC],
> 1:105), which would have been crude shelters for
> people and animals. However, it has been suggested
> by
> various scholars that Joseph and Mary were staying
> with relatives in Bethlehem (e.g., C. S. Keener,
> Bible
> Background Commentary, 194; B. Witherington, Birth
> of
> Jesus, DJG, 69-70); if that were so the term would
> refer to the guest room in the relatives house,
> which
> would have been filled beyond capacity with all the
> other relatives who had to journey to Bethlehem for
> the census.
>
> However...
> In Luke 10:34, Luke describes the Good Samaritan as
> bringing the man to the "inn," where he uses a
> different word than KATALUMA. And in Mark 14, the
> word
> KATALUMA is used of the "dining room" where the last
> supper took place. So, why does the NET Bible note
> seem to imply that KATALUMA in Luke 2 is an inn
> (public accomodations) as opposed to the "guest
> room"
> of a relative's house?
>
>
> =====
> Mitch Larramore
> Spring Branch, Texas
> Student/Memorial High School
>
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