[B-Greek] translation of Mark 5:7

Harold R. Holmyard III hholmyard at ont.com
Wed Oct 26 14:57:11 EDT 2005


Dear Dan,

>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?

HH: What is there to me and to you? What is there between me and you? 
What do we have to do with each other?

				  Yours,
				  Harold Holmyard




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