[B-Greek] Luke 24:15 KAI EGENETO EN TWi hOMILEIN AUTOUS KAI SUZHTEIN
Jonathan Robie
jwrobie at mindspring.com
Sat Apr 9 16:31:17 EDT 2005
Luke 24:15 KAI EGENETO [[** EN TWi hOMILEIN AUTOUS KAI SUZHTEIN **]] KAI AUTOS IHSOUS EGGISAS SUNEPOREUETO AUTOIS, 16 hOI DE OFQALMOI AUTWN EKRATOUNTO TOU MH EPIGNWNAI AUTON.
I'm trying to grasp the exact meaning of SUZHTEIN in the above text. Some translations suggest it means debating, BDAG has (1) "to carry on a discussion, discuss", which it flags as the meaning for this verse, or (2) to contend with persistence for a point of view, dispute, debate, argue, or (3) to ponder various aspects of a matter, reflect, meditate.
All three senses seem reasonable for this verse, and translations seem to vary in which of these senses they follow. How much can we actually know about the nature and tone of the conversation from this phrase?
Jonathan
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