[B-Greek] RE: "Jesus Loves Me" in Greek
Richard Ghilardi
qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
Tue Apr 27 23:53:36 EDT 2004
Greetings to the Two "Marks" and other B-Greekers,
My favorite Koine Greek version of "Jesus Loves Me" is the one given by
Bill Mounce at his website:
http://www.teknia.com/music/index.html
It goes like this:
hO IHSOUS ME AGAPAi
hOTI GRAFH KHRUSSEI
PAIDIA EISIN AUTWi
ASQENOUSI DUNATAI
NAI IHSOUS AGAPAi
NAI IHSOUS AGAPAi
NAI IHSOUS AGAPAi
hH GRAFH KHRUSSEI
You will also find there the Doxology:
TON QEON W DOXAZETE
EUDOKHSANTA DWREAN
TA KTISMAT' hA PEPOIHKEN
PATERA hUION KAI PNEUMA
Far be it from me to correct Dr. Mounce, yet I would amend the Textus
Receptus of both songs in the following ways:
"Jesus Loves Me" line 3: EISIN > ESTIN
"Doxology" line 2: EUDOKHSANTA > EULOGHSANTA
I feel, like some of the scribes of old, that these changes make better
sense of the text given the context.
Yours in His grace,
Richard Ghilardi - qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
New Haven, Connecticut USA
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