[B-Greek] Rev.13:1
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun May 2 20:40:40 EDT 2004
At 8:03 PM -0400 5/2/04, Tony Costa wrote:
>Dear Friends, in Rev.13:1, I noticed that both the NASB and NIV translate
>the passage as follows:
>
>"And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore." (NASB)
>
>"And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea." (NIV)
>
>However, when I consulted the Greek text I could not find DRAKWN anywhere.
>My only guess is that in Rev.12:17 (18), the phrase KAI ESTAQH, which is a
>3rd person sing aorist passive verb can be taken to refer to its immediate
>antecedent which is hO DRAKWN. I am just puzzled as to why these two
>translations contain the word "dragon" which is lacking in the Greek text.
>Other translations do not have this reading. Many thanks in advance. Best,
Well, why NASB and NIV put 12:18 as 13:1 I have no idea; but as you note,
DRAKWN is present in 12:17 and is apparently the subject of ESTAQH in
12:18. And of course, although ESTAQH is parsed as passive, there's nothing
passive about it; it's simply the emerging 3d sg. aorist intransitive that
is increasingly taking the place of ESTH in standard Koine usage.
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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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