[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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