[B-Greek] 2 John 2:15
Dony K. Donev
dony at cupandcross.com
Tue Aug 31 21:16:45 EDT 2004
Tony,
Thanks for the quick response. I was also leaning toward the second variant.
Thanks for the conformation.
I apologize for the typo. If the moderator can help with renaming the thread
to 1 John 2:15, I would appreciate it.
Dony K. Donev
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Costa" <tmcos at rogers.com>
To: "Dony K. Donev" <dony at cupandcross.com>
Cc: <B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] 2 John 2:15
> Dony, I think you meant 1 John 2:15 not 2 John which only has one chapter.
I
> think #2 is the best rendering because TA is a neuter plural accusative. I
> take it as acting as a substantive here referring to "the things". #1
would
> need a demonstrative TAUTA for the translation "these".
>
> Tony Costa
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dony K. Donev" <dony at cupandcross.com>
> To: <B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 7:55 PM
> Subject: [B-Greek] 2 John 2:15
>
>
> I have a question about the rendering of the plural definite article TA in
2
> John 2:15
> TA EN TU KOSMU
>
> I see two possible optiosn here:
> 1. nor these in the world
> 2. nor the things in the world
>
> with an accent in the second one on the exclusion of "beings"
> Which one would be a better rendering?
> Thanks.
>
> Dony K. Donev
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