[B-Greek] 1 Peter 1:15
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Jan 6 09:17:44 EST 2005
At 5:48 AM -0600 1/6/05, Charles Rempel wrote:
>Sorry for the delay but Central Kansas is packed in with an ice storm and I
>have not had inernet access since shortly after noon the 4th.
>
>GENHQHTE
>
>Matthew 8:13 And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go; it shall be done for you
>as you have believed." And the servant was healed that very moment.
>
>OS EPISTEUSAS GENHQHTO SOI aorist passive imperative 3s
Our standard transliteration distinguishes between Omicron as O and Omega
as W, so this should be:
hWS EPISTEUSAS GENHQHTW SOI
>
>Again a very passive meaning. The centurion did not heal his servant. His
>faith did not heal the servant. Jesus healed the servant. In verse 7 Jesus
>said "I will come and heal him." In verse 8 the centurion tells Jesus to
>speak the word and it will happen. Jesus calls this great faith in verse 10.
>As the centurion believed, so Jesus healed the servant by saying "Let it
>become."
I wouldn't dispute that GENHQHTW here should be interpreted in a passive
sense, "be done"--although "may it come to pass" seems equally appropriate
to me. What I would dispute is that it would mean anything different if the
form were GENESQW. The -QH- forms are in process of supplanting the
MHN/SO/TO forms. You might compare from the LXX:
Ps 108:7 EN TWi KRINESQAI AUTON EXELQOI KATADEDIKASMENOS KAI hH PROSEUCH
AUTOU GENESQW EIS hAMARTIAN.
KJV Englishes this as: "Psa. 109:7 When he shall be judged, let him be
condemned: and let his prayer become sin. " NET as: "Psa. 109:7 When he is
judged, he will be found guilty! Then his prayer will be regarded as
sinful. "
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
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