[B-Greek] Phil 2:11

Richard Ghilardi qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
Sat Oct 18 15:17:26 EDT 2003


Dear B-Greekers,

Carl closed the other thread which really concerned Jn 20:31. But I have
something new to add to this thread on Php 2:11.

KAI PASA GLOSSA EXOMOLOGHSHTAI hOTI KURIOS IHSOUS CRISTOS EIS DOXAN QEOU
PATROS.

Two other possibilities are suggested by the Old and New Vulgates
respectively (age before beauty):

et omnis lingua confiteatur quia Dominus Iesus Christus in gloria est Dei
Patris.

<<and every tongue make its confession because the Lord Jesus Christ is
in the glory of God the Father.>>

Here hOTI is taken as causal, "the Lord Jesus Christ" (not "Jesus Christ"
or even "Lord Jesus") is taken as the subject and EIS = EN (which it
often does in the NT). The final prepositional phrase does not give the
ground for the confession but realm or state of the Lord Jesus Christ
which prompts the tongue to confess. I think this is a very unlikely
understanding, especially causal hOTI and EIS = EN.

The New Vulagte has it:

et omnis lingua confiteatur:
"Dominus Iesus Christus!",
in gloriam Dei Patris.

<<and every tongue exclaim in praise:
"Lord Jesus Christ!",
to the glory of God the Father.>>

Here hOTI = hOTI recitativus, i.e., as a marker of direct speech so that
the following words are an exclamation of the confessing tongue: "Lord
Jesus Christ!". "Gloria" becomes "gloriam" so that we may now translate
"TO the glory of God" rather than "IN the glory of God". I favor this
interpretation of the Greek above all the others because it cuts the
Gordian knot of what to take as the subject of the sentence, KURIOS
IHSOUS CRISTOS. THERE IS NO SENTENCE, only an exclamation of praise.

Yours in His grace,

Richard Ghilardi -- qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
New Haven, CT USA


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