[B-Greek] PERI in Matthew 24:36

Robert Garringer christofthenations at hotmail.com
Tue Mar 18 03:58:22 EST 2003


In Matthew 24:36, Jesus said, PERI DE THS EKEINOS KAI hWRAS OUDEIS OIDEN. 
Many popular preachers say that, in context, what Jesus means is, "I can 
tell you approximately when I will come again, but I (and everyone else 
except the Father) cannot identify the precise day or hour."

By contrast, C. S. Lewis takes the phrase to be a qualification of ultimate 
uncertainty in the lengthy answer He had just given to the apostles' 
question about the time of His coming and the end of the age (Matthew 24:3). 
(He had been speaking "about" [PERI] that day and hour all along.)

Doesn't the presence of PERI in the phrase favor Lewis' explanation? Or can 
such a phrase lead out with that prepostion when simple identification is 
all that the speaker has in mind?

Pastor Robert L. Garringer

_________________________________________________________________
Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE*  
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail



More information about the B-Greek mailing list