[B-Greek] John 3:3 and John 21:16 KTL
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Sat Feb 26 07:23:25 EST 2005
On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 05:28:33 -0500 "Carl W. Conrad"
<cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu> writes:
> Forwarded for: "Peter Clark" <peter_clark47 at hotmail.com>
>
> In the two verses above there seems to be a repetition of ideas:
> APEKRIQH
> hO IHSOUS KAI EIPEN AUTWi (3:3) AND LEGEI AUTiW PALIN DEUTERON
> (21:16). It
> has been suggested that the first example can be accounted for by it
> being
> a Semitism which was retained in the LXX and thus found its way into
> the
> Gospels and Acts. It is apparently unknown in Classical Greek. The
> second
> example is a little harder to explain. Why PALIN DEUTERON and not
> just
> PALIN or DEUTERON?
>
> This issue arose in my Greek class last week and I'd like some
> suggestions!
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter Clark
> Cardiff, UK
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Read the entire pericope
15 hOTE OUN HRISTHSAN LEGEI TWi SIMWNI PETRWi hO IHSOUS . . .
16 LEGEI AUTWi PALIN DEUTERON . . .
17 LEGEI AUTWi TO TRITON . . .
He's counting the times. 1-2-3. the PALIN simply emphasizes that it's
"again."
george
gfsomsel
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