[B-Greek] About Matthew 28:1
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Mon Mar 7 12:44:57 EST 2005
On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 12:22:20 -0500 David Mooney <dmooney at atmc.net>
writes:
> Hi everyone,
> Could the phrase "in the end of the sabbath" at the beginning of
> Matthew
> 28:1 in all the translations I know of actually belong to the
> preceding
> phrase, 'setting a watch in the end of the sabbath' with Matthew
> 28:1 then
> reading 'as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week..."?
>
> I have heard that 'in the end of the sabbath' belongs to the last
> part of
> Matthew 27 because if it belonged to Matthew 28:1 it would mean the
> women
> went to the tomb late Saturday afternoon, which would create a
> contradiction
> with the other 3 gospels.
>
> Thanks
> David
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TEXT
OYE DE SABBATWN, THi EPIFWSKOUSHi EIS NUAB SABBATWN HLQEN MARIAM hH
MAGDALHNH KAI hH ALLH MARIA QEWRHSAI TON TAFON
The word you are concerned with is OYE. It is explained in BGAD and LSJ
that when used with the gen. it means "after." This should solve your
dilemma.
george
gfsomsel
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