[B-Greek] Acts 4:12b
Doug Hoxworth
dhoxworth at charter.net
Fri Nov 21 18:22:49 EST 2003
here's a translation from the aramaic:
And no one else can Save you! For there is no other name
under heaven, that is given to humanity, through which we
receive the Covenant of Life.
http://www.v-a.com/bible/acts-4.html
On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:09:27 -0800 (PST)
Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>OUDE GAR ONOMA ESTIN hETERON hUPO TON OURANON TO
>DEDOMENON EN ANQRWPOIS EN hWi DEI SWQHNAI hHMAS
>
>I cannot find a good English translation for this
>passage, even the NET Bible has...
>
>"for there is no other name under heaven given among
>people by which we must be saved."
>
>The word "must" doesn't seem to fit well. The Greek
>idea is, I think, "there is no other name...by which
>it is [even] possible to be saved." (I threw in that
>"even" for emphasis.)
>
>Can someone give me a better English translation of
>this?
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