[B-Greek] Re: Mt 3:15 ? (Was Re: Hebrews 1:8 )

Oun Kwon KwonO at upstate.edu
Wed Jul 7 09:23:43 EDT 2004


The following is a summary of recent off-list exchanges with George:

**** "George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel at juno.com> 06/29/04 wrote: *****
> I find this translation a bit tendentious.  First, with regard to their
> "with reference to":  .....  See, e.g. Mt 3.15 (and this is chosen
because it was the 
> first example I noted and not for any other specific reason)  where it is
stated 
> hO DE IHSOUS EIPEN PROS AUTON AFES ARTI, hOUTWS GAR PREPON ESTIN hHMIN
....  
 
****  "Oun Kwon" <kwono at upstate.edu> 05 Jul 2004  asked: ****
>>  ... I could not find the Greek text you were quoting at Mt 3.15.  
>>  Was it correctly transcribed? or am I in some quandry?  Can you give me
help? ...

****  "George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel at juno.com> 07/05/04  answered: ***
 
Oun J Kwon, M.D.
SUNY Uptate Med University
Syracuse, NY
*
>>> ... but in this instance I believe I transcribed it correctly...  
  
OJK:   Thanks, George for pointing out it to me.
 
When I checked again the text with the interlinear Gk at office, it was
just as you wrote.  However, when I got home,  the Greek word PROS was not
there in two interlinear N.T. I usually use.  Both turned out to be based on
Wescott and Hort.  A textural variant got me in confusion to locate the
text.
 
Here a simple layman's question if I can bring up:
 
With the basic meaning of 'towards', how and why anyone would translate
PROS as 'in reference to; concerning" ?   (Though it may be better rendering
when used in reference to inanimate objects)? (I note that some mentioned it
having a sense of 'face to face' in Jn 1:1 'The word was with God'.)
 
Sincerely, 

 
 

 

 



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