[B-Greek] translating the idiom

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Oct 28 19:12:17 EDT 2005


Forwarded for Richard Richmond <rickr at yahoo.com>

From: Richard Richmond <rickr2889 at yahoo.com>
Date: October 28, 2005 4:40:13 PM EDT
To: BGreek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: translating the idiom

TI ___ EMOI KAI SOI
"what to me and to you = the idiom is best translated
"what do we have in common" and parallels the
equivalent phrase in Mark 1:24

TI ___ HMIN  KAI SOI
what to us an to you

In chapter 5 the plurality of the demons is
established in a different way. Perhaps to acomadate a
Latin audience who may not have understood the demon
responding with a plural pronoun.

in chapter one the demon speaks for his kind or class
and what Jesus has in common in both instances is that
he is somehow spirit like them. I believe this to be
the writers intent.

Richard Richmond
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