[B-Greek] AGGELOS in 2 Cor 12:7
bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
Sun May 23 16:54:43 EDT 2004
2 Cor.12:7b-8
(7B)EDOQH MOI SKOLOY THi SARKI, AGGELOS SATANA, hINA ME KOLAFIZHi, hINA MH hUPERAIRWMAI.(8)hUPER TOUTOU TRIS TON KURION PAREKALESA, hINA APOSTHi AP EMOU.
In every English translation that I checked AGGELOS here is considered something impersonal. It is commonly explained as a physical problem. In verse 8, hINA APOSTHi AP EMOU is then translated as -that it might depart from me-. The Dutch translations have -that he might depart from me-.
According to Trenchard the word AGGELOS occurs 175 times in the GNT. Using a concordance, I checked out a selection of them (I don't have a Greek concordance so I can't be exhaustive.) I could not find another instance where AGGELOS was translated as impersonal.
Would it be more likely that Paul was plagued by a person as a messenger of Satan, rather than some sort of physical ailment?
Thank you.
Bert de Haan.
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