[B-Greek] Mt. 3:7 POLLOUS
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Nov 26 10:46:59 EST 2004
At 9:03 AM -0500 11/26/04, gfsomsel at juno.com wrote:
>On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 05:49:34 -0800 (PST) Mitch Larramore
><mitchlarramore at yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>> IDWN DE POLLOUS TWN FARISAIWN KAI SADDOUKAIWN
>> ERCOMENOUS EPI TO BAPTISMA AUTOU EIPEN AUTOIS,
>> GENNHMATA ECIDNWN, TIS hUPEDEIXEN hUMIN FUGEIN APO THS
>> MELLOUSHS ORGHS
>>
>> In light of the very harsh words John has for the
>> Pharisees and Sadducees, am I right in seeing in
>> POLLOUS that there were SOME others who did not repent
>> and be baptized and those were the ones John addresses
>> with his harsh words?
>>
>> =====
>> Mitch Larramore
>> Spring Branch, Texas
>> Student/Memorial High School
>> __________________________________
>
>I'm not sure this is really a Greek question. It would seem to really be
>a logical question. Who would be addressed as having been told to flee
>the coming wrath if not those who came to receive baptism on confession
>of sin? How could he then be thought to address those who did not come
>since one might suppose that they were not told to flee the coming wrath
>or failed to respond.
This is quite obviously not a Greek question, despite the fact that the
Greek text has been cited; the same question could just as well have been
asked by citing or referring to a translation of this text. There's no
question about what the Greek text itself means as a Greek text.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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