[B-Greek] Translation of Mark 1:31
Dan Gleason
dan-bgreek at hotmail.com
Tue Oct 18 20:35:38 EDT 2005
Thank you Dr Conrad and Andrew for your initial response.
Here is the Greek text of Mark 1:31:
KAI PROSELQWN HGEIREN AUTHN KRATHSAS THS CEIROS; KAI AFHKEN AUTHN hO
PURETOS, KAI DIHKONEI AUTOIS.
This was my tentative translation of Mk 1:31 and I know it is very literal
and wooden ... but that's the way the author wrote it:
And having-come-near, he-raised her ... taking of-the hand, and the fever
left her ... and she-was-serving them.
My NAB translates this verse as:
He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her
and she waited on them.
I question the NAB translation because it seems to be paraphrasing too much.
I had three questions which I will now reword a little by taking a position.
1) The previous verse tells us the woman was lying down because she had a
hot-fever. Verse 31 tells us that Jesus did two things ... he raised the
woman up from her prone position and then took away her fever. He was able
to do this because of the supernatural power he possessed. Does the text
allow me to say that Jesus raised the woman (she got up by herself) by just
coming near her. The woman was now able to get up but she still had her
fever.
2) Regarding the hand of Jesus causing the fever to leave the woman:
The text (KRATHSAS THS CEIROS) says "taking of-the hand" followed by (KAI
AFHKEN AUTHN hO PURETOS) and the fiery-fever left her. The way I read this
is that the woman was now standing and then she "took the hand" meaning
Jesus put his hand on her (perhaps on her head, or shoulder, or her hand, or
anywhere on her body). It was the laying on of his hand and the power in his
hand that took away the fever.
3) Is the Greek text ambiguous enough to support my translation?
Dan Gleason
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