[B-Greek] Rev.1:10
Jason Hare
jason at hareplay.com
Sun Nov 30 21:18:27 EST 2003
Note that in Modern Greek, KURIAKH is the name of Sunday, if I am not
mistaken.
Jason
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From: <Polycarp66 at aol.com>
To: <tmcos at rogers.com>; <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Rev.1:10
> In a message dated 11/30/2003 6:16:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> tmcos at rogers.com writes:
> Dear Friends, I had a question re: Rev.1:10 and the use of the
> term TH KURIAKH hHMERAi. I understand that this term is in the
> dative and is commonly translated "Lord's day". Some argue that
> this term is a reference to the "day of the Lord". However, the
> genitive is not used here. Is this term a reference to the first day of
> the week (Sunday) which the Early Church Fathers including the
> Didache came to designate as the "Lord's day"? Is the rendering
> "day of the Lord" an accurate translation of this verse? I beieve 1
> Cor 11:20 also uses a similar construction when it refers to the
> "Lord's Supper". Thanks in advance.
>
> I would translate it as "the Lord's Day" even though it is not a genitive.
> Compare the Vulgate translation where it is "in dominica die" > "dominus"
> signifying "belonging to . . ." It is used even earlier (before 110 A.D.
when
> Ignatius was martyred) than the Didache (though that is quite early) by
Ignatius
> in his Epistle to the Magnesians which you can see at
>
> http://www.ccel.org/l/lake/fathers/ignatius-magnesians.htm#IX
>
> gfsomsel
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