[B-Greek] John 19.18
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Mar 4 11:21:35 EST 2004
At 9:22 AM -0500 3/4/04, Mont Cessna wrote:
>Dear List,
>
>In E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Appendix 164 he states regarding
>John 19.18 (KAI MET' AUTOU ALLOUS DUO ENTEUQEN KAI ENTEUQEN) that this
>should be understood as "and with Him others, two on this side, and that
>side" meaning there were four crucified with Jesus. In my understanding
>and in looking at the places in the LXX where a similar construction is
>used Exod17:12; Num 22:14; Josh 8:22; 2 Sam 2:13, for there to be two on
>each side DUO would have to appear on both sides of the KAI between the
>ENTEUQEN 's. Is this true or am I missing something?
I think that's very likely--that ALLOUS DUO is to be understood as a unit
with ENTEUQEN KAI ENTEUQEN having the sense "on one side and on the other."
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
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