[B-Greek] Matt. 13:6 and voice
John Colby
colby at solutions2000.net
Tue Feb 10 18:25:00 EST 2004
Matthew 13:6 reads:
hHLIOU DE ANATEILANTOS EXAUMATISQH KAI DIA TO MH ECEIN hRIZAN EXHRANQH.
A normal translation (NASB, ESV) would go somethings like this, "After the sun rose they [the seeds that sprouted] were scorched and because they did not have root they became dried."
(These third person, singular, aorist, "passive" verbs are translated as plural because the "seeds" are neuter plural). But after the discussions about the QH conjunction, I thought twice about this. What would stop this from being translated:
"And after the sun rose, it scorched (the plants) and because they did have root, the sun withered (the plants)."? I am guessing that the second translation is inferior because of the context and the genitive absolute (hHLIOU DE ANATEILANTOS). Wondering what you think.
Jonathan Colby,
Guyana, South America
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