[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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