[B-Greek] Re: Luke on KATALUMA (Chuck Bumgardner)

Charles J Bumgardner bumgardnerbunch at juno.com
Fri Dec 5 15:41:41 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

Hello, Mitch,

I just rejoined the list after being away for a few years.  That is a
very interesting insight -- I glanced at Luke 2:7 in BibleWorks and
noticed that Young's Literal Translation does translate KATALUMA as
"guest-chamber" there: "and she brought forth her son -- the first-born,
and wrapped him up, and laid him down in the manger, because there was
not for them a place in the guest-chamber."

Grace and peace,

Pastor Chuck Bumgardner
East Park Baptist Church
Decatur, Illinois
bumgardnerbunch at juno.com

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