[B-Greek] help with Mark 6:8 hina clause

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Sun Jan 16 14:51:02 EST 2005


On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 19:13:50 +0000 kgraham0938 at comcast.net writes:
> I am trying to figure out this contridiction between Mark 6:8 and 
> Luke 9:3.
> 
> Mark says take only one staff, and Luke says take no staff.
> 
> But Mark puts his AIRW in the subjuntive, after a hina clause
> 
> HINA MEDEN AIRWSIN EIS ODON EI ME RABDON MONON.  He ordered them to 
> take nothing except one staff.
> 
> But in Luke 9:3 it is an imperative
> 
> MEDEN AIRETE EIS TEN ODON METE PABDON
> 
> So I am wondering if the answer to the contridiction lies in the 
> fact that one verse the verb is a subjuntive, and the other it is 
> imperative?  Because both use  the verb AIRW.
> 
> And I realize that Matthew uses KTESESQE, which means aquire,but 
> Mark and Luke uses AIRW, which is pretty odd.
> 
> --
> Kelton Graham
> KGRAHAM0938 at comcast.net
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If you're hoping to reconcile the two passages, I think you'll have no
success.  The two simply disagree regarding whether or not a staff is
permissible.  This is not explicable simply on the basis of the fact of
the subjunctive being used.

george
gfsomsel
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