[B-Greek] hHMERA in Acts 17:31
Ted Shoemaker
tedsmath at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 18 22:09:42 EST 2004
--- Polycarp66 at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/18/2004 5:04:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> tedsmath at yahoo.com writes:
>
> > The word hHMERA usually means "day". However, it appears
> > to mean something like "judgment" at least once (in 1 Cor 4:3).
. . . .
> > Acts 17:31. But it looks like it might make decent
> > sense to translate it as "court" or "tribunal" or "judgment"
>
> In this case "the day" was shorthand
> for "the day of the Lord" when used in conjunction with ideas of
> judgment. This derives from such
> passages as Amos 5.18 ff
Recall that Acts 17:31 was originally spoken to Athenians.
Would they more likely have understood it to mean
"Day of the Lord as in Amos" or "ordinary 24-hour day" or
"tribunal"?
Ted Shoemaker
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Ted Shoemaker
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