[B-Greek] Acts 2:46 daily common meal?

Jim Murray jsmurray at execpc.com
Sun May 18 19:03:59 EDT 2003


Laurence,

I didn't see any response to this so I thought I'd come out of lurking for a
brief moment.   The preposition KATA can be used distributively of place or
time.  KAQ hHMERAN would mean "day after day" or "daily".  Another example
of this expression is in Matt 26:55 (KAQ hHMERAN IN TWi hIERWi EKAQEZOMHN
DIDASKWN..).

Also in verse 46 we see KAT OIKOV ("house after house", or "from house to
house"), which would be the distributive function with relation to place.

I think the KAQ hHMERAN goes with the following participles to indicate that
these things were happening on a daily basis.  I take the "from house to
house" to indicate not so much a formal meal, but informal fellowship
gatherings of believers in different homes.

My $.02.

Jim Murray
Racine, WI

----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurence Schell" <laurenceschell at yahoo.co.uk>
To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 4:55 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] Acts 2:46 daily common meal?


> To the list members:
>
> Does kaq in Acts 2:46: kaq hmeran te proskarterountes omoqumadon en tw
ierw, klwntes te kat oikon arton, metelambanon trofhs en agalliasei kai
afelothti kardias, refer to a daily meal? Is "daily" an accurate
translation?
>
> And could this be a common meal shared between a group of disciples, not
just a family?
>
> Sincerely, Laurence Schell
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