[B-Greek] translation of Mark 5:7

Dan Gleason dan-bgreek at hotmail.com
Wed Oct 26 14:08:01 EDT 2005


KAI KRACAS FWNH MEGALH LEGEI ...
And crying-out to-sound great he-says ...

TI ___ EMOI KAI SOI IHSOU UIE TOU QEOU TOU UYISTOU
What ... to-me and to-you Jesus son of-the most-high God!
he goes on to say ... I implore you, by God, don't torture me!

My question is, how to translate the first part of what the demoniac says to 
Jesus.

Are the words ... TI ___ EMOI KAI SOI ... a colloquial expression?
Many bibles translate ... TI ___ EMOI KAI SOI ... as "What have I to do with 
you"
To me, I think this paraphrase is not accurate.

It seems to me that the expession ... TI EMOI KAI SOI ... is missing a verb 
but that the verb is implied and supposedly obvious.

Is this a text ellipsis? - I don't think so.
Was the text purposely written this way? - I think it was.
If I am correct, what would be a good candidate for the missing verb?

Dan Gleason

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