[B-Greek] "the heart" in John 16:6

Bob Firth r.firth at ridley.unimelb.edu.au
Tue May 10 21:21:16 EDT 2005


John 16:6
ALL hOTI TAUTA LELALHKA hUMIN hH LUPH PEPLHRWKEN hUMWN THN KARDIAN

To what does hUMWN THN KARDIAN refer exactly? Are we supposed to 
understand some sort of collective heart? Or is it possible/better to 
interpret it as "each of your hearts"?

English translations tend to obscure this issue either by using formal 
equivalence "your heart" which reads like it is addressed to a single 
person, or by paraphrase e.g. "you are filed with grief" NIV.

thanks,
Bob



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