[B-Greek] hUPOMONH in the Apocalypse
George F. Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Sun May 30 18:19:35 EDT 2004
hUPOMONH appears 21 times in the Apocalypse -- Re 1.9; 2.2, 3, 19;
3.10;13.10; and 14.12. It appears 96 times in the entire NT. Normally
it is translated "patience, endurance, fortitude, steadfastness,
perserverance." Note, however, Re 13.10
EI TIS EIS AIXMALWSIAN,
EIS AIXMALWSIAN hUPAGEI;
EI TIS EN MAXAIRHi APOKTANQHNAI
AUTON EN MAXAIRHi APOKTANQHNAI.
hWDE ESTIN hH hUPOMONH KAI hH PISTIS TWN hAGIWN.
The AV translates "Here is the patience and the faith of the saints."
The ISV renders "This is what the endurance and faith of the saints
means." The ESV, RSV and NRSV give "Here is a call for the endurance and
faith of the saints." The NKJV has "Here is the patience and the faith of
the saints."
and Re 14.12
hWDE hH hUPOMONH TWN hAGIWN ESTIN, hOI THROUNTES TAS ENTOLAS TOU QEOU KAI
THN PISTIN IHSOU.
The ISV, ESV, RSV and NRSV translations give "Here is a call for the
endurance of the saints . . ." which seems clearly wrong since there is
no "call" mentioned. The ASV and the AV and NKJV render "Here is the
patience of the saints . . ." and the NASV "Here is the perserverance of
the saints . . ." which makes no sense.
In these verses this gloss does not seem to fit. It would appear that
there is a sense which is different from and probably derived from the
normal meaning. I would suggest that the author of the Apocalypse uses
this word in the sense of "conviction, confession" or even "creed."
Any thoughts? Does anyone agree that the meanings "patience, endurance,
etc." are inappropriate here?
gfsomsel
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