[B-Greek] HKOUSAN in Acts 22:9
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Dec 3 06:41:48 EST 2004
At 4:26 PM +1100 12/3/04, Joe Capuana wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>
>I've been subscribed for some time but have never posted.
>
>My question is in regards to Acts 22:9 where it says THN DE FWNHN OUK
>HKOUSAN TOU LALOUNTOS MOI.
>A literal translation seems to be "but the voice they did not hear of
>the one speaking to me." The NRSV and several other translations I
>checked (NKJB, CEV, NJB, NEB) keep HKOUSAN as "hear" however the NIV and
>ESV translate the word as "understand." Can HKOUSAN in this context be
>understood as "understand," or is it translated this way in the NIV and
>ESV to harmonise it with Saul's conversion in Acts 9, especially 9:7?
>
>Thanks,
>Joe Capuana
Joe, BDAG §7 gives the sense "hear and understand" and cites several NT
passages where this is the probable sense, noting in particular that the
word-play in the Synoptic AKOUONTES OUK AKOUOUSIN Mt 13:13, slightly
different in Mk 8:18.
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Carl W. Conrad
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