[B-Greek] Rm 1: 14-15

Arie Dirkzwager dirkzwager at pandora.be
Wed Dec 24 10:01:11 EST 2003


Years ago I had an idea about Rm 1: 14-15.
I would like to know what others think about it.

Normally you find (also in translations)
hELLHSIN TE KAI BARBAROIS, SOFOIS TE KAI ANOHTOIS OFEILETHS EIMI, hOUTWS TO
KAT' EME PROQUMON KAI hUMIN TOIS EN RWMHi EUAGGELISASQAI.

I would read with a parenthesis:
hELLHSIN TE KAI BARBAROIS, SOFOIS TE KAI ANOHTOIS OFEILETHS EIMI - hOUTWS TO
KAT' EME PROQUMON - KAI hUMIN TOIS EN RWMHi EUAGGELISASQAI.

OFEILETHS EIMI can be constructed with a following infinitive
EUAGGELISASQAI. See Gl 5: 3 OFEILETHS ESTIN hOLON TON NOMON POIHSAI.
A parenthesis normally does not have a connecting particle. So grammatically
my idea is possible.
There is no change of the sense.
Stilistically it is better, in my opinion.

But can we make such a change, whereas nobody did it before? In the older
editions of N-A differences in interpunction were noted. In our verses we
find no indication of another interpunction than the normal one.

Arie



A. Dirkzwager
Hoeselt, Belgium
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