[B-Greek] Acts 16,31 follow up

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Sat Apr 3 20:02:51 EST 2004


In a message dated 4/1/2004 3:51:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu writes:
At 5:17 AM -0800 4/1/04, Mitch Larramore wrote:
>I have a follow up question on this:
>
>KAI SWQHSHi SU KAI hO OIKOS SOU
>
>Can SU be understood in two different ways here?
>
>1. KAI SWQHSHi SU,   KAI hO OIKOS SOU
>
>2. KAI SWQHSHi,   SU KAI hO OIKOS SOU
>
>And if so, would these be separately translated:
>
>1. and you yourself will be saved, and your household
>
>2. and you will be saved, (both) you and your
>household

I won't be dogmatic about this, but I honestly believe only #2 above is
plausible in the context. I don't really believe that SU would have been
appended to SWQHSHi if it were not part of a larger phrase, SU KAI hO OIKOS
SOU; moreover, I can't see KAI hO OIKOS SOU as an independent phrase
following a pause without some explicit predicate of its own.
__________

Perhaps this might be rendered as
"And he said, believe on the Lord Jesus and you shall be saved -- you and 
your household."

gfsomsel



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