[B-Greek] BHMA in 2 Cor 5:10

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Jan 1 15:04:00 EST 2004


At 8:44 AM -0800 1/1/04, Mitch Larramore wrote:
>In what sense is the default meaning of this word
>"judgment"? Would this word have a default meaning
>different in Corinth (with the Isthmus games close by)
>than in another city?


text: TOUS GAR PANTAS hHMAS FANERWQHNAI DEI EMPROSQEN TOU BHMATOS TOU CRISTOU

The default meaning is NOT "judgment" but "platform." It derives from BAINW
("stride," "step forward," "step up/mount") and most commmonly in the GNT
refers to a platform or dais raised above ground level, upon which an
official makes pronouncements, whether of a judicial nature (as commonly)
or of another sort. So here the sense is "we must all make an appearance
before the tribunal of Christ"--that means "face judgment," to be sure, but
"face judgment" is the sense derivative from the literal sense of "appear
in front of Christ's tribunal."
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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