[B-Greek] Textual question (WAS: Rev 13:18)
EgwEimi at aol.com
EgwEimi at aol.com
Wed Jul 7 12:16:58 EDT 2004
Ted asked:
... Why didn't the NA put in a digamma instead of a final sigma? (Although I
did notice that the NA puts an acute accent after the three letters, perhaps
this is to signify that the final sigma is really a digamma?)
The digamma, the original "6", was falling into disuse during the time of
authorship of the NT. Many were using stigma (final sigma) instead.
On a side note, some think that digamma instead of gamma originally
appeared in Mark's account of the crucifixion -- where the time is
indicated (sixth hour instead of third). This has no direct manuscript
support, but it's a possibility.
Frank
Frank Daniels
EgwEimi at aol.com
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