[B-Greek] Luke 12:39

Clwinbery at aol.com Clwinbery at aol.com
Sat Feb 1 11:05:51 EST 2003


In a message dated 2/1/03 7:58:11 AM, willker at chemie.uni-bremen.de writes:

>Luke 12:39
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>TOUTO DE GINWSKETE OTI EI HDEI O OIKODESPOTHS POIA WRA O KLEPTHS
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>ERCETAI,
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>**OUK AN AFHKEN DIORUCQHNAI TON OIKON AUTOU.**
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>40 KAI UMEIS GINESQE ETOIMOI, OTI H WRA OU DOKEITE O UIOS TOU ANQRWPOU
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>ERCETAI.
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>
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>I am wondering if anybody could give a good translation of the following
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>variant  by D:
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>TOUTO DE GINWSKETE OTI EI HDEI O OIKODESPOTHS POIA WRA O KLEPTHS
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>ERCETAI,
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>**OUK AN**
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>40 KAI UMEIS GINESQE ETOIMOI, OTI H WRA OU DOKEITE O UIOS TOU ANQRWPOU
>
>ERCETAI.
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>
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>Does this make sense?
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>
This looks like Westcott & Hort's famous "Western non-interpolation." There 
are also other things at work here such as influence from parallel passages. 
The text in D and the old Latin (part) would be criptic.  "If he had known 
the hour the thief comes, he would not (come)."

Carlton Winbery
Louisiana College


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