[B-Greek] Mark 1:21-28
Elizabeth Kline
kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Mon Oct 31 14:15:53 EST 2005
MARK 1:21 KAI EISPOREUONTAI EIS KAFARNAOUM: KAI EUQUS TOIS SABBASIN
EISELQWN EIS THN SUNAGWGHN EDIDASKEN. 22 KAI EXEPLHSSONTO EPI THi
DIDACHi AUTOU: HN GAR DIDASKWN AUTOUS hWS EXOUSIAN ECWN KAI OUC hWS
hOI GRAMMATEIS. 23 KAI EUQUS HN EN THi SUNAGWGHi AUTWN ANQRWPOS EN
PNEUMATI AKAQARTWi KAI ANEKRAXEN 24 LEGWN: TI hHMIN KAI SOI, IHSOU
NAZARHNE; HLQES APOLESAI hHMAS; OIDA SE TIS EI, hO hAGIOS TOU QEOU.
25 KAI EPETIMHSEN AUTWi hO IHSOUS LEGWN: FIMWQHTI KAI EXELQE EX
AUTOU. 26 KAI SPARAXAN AUTON TO PNEUMA TO AKAQARTON KAI FWNHSAN
FWNHi MEGALHi EXHLQEN EX AUTOU. 27 KAI EQAMBHQHSAN hAPANTES hWSTE
SUZHTEIN PROS hEAUTOUS LEGONTAS: TI ESTIN TOUTO; DIDACH KAINH KAT'
EXOUSIAN: KAI TOIS PNEUMASI TOIS AKAQARTOIS EPITASSEI, KAI
hUPAKOUOUSIN AUTWi. 28 KAI EXHLQEN hH AKOH AUTOU EUQUS PANTACOU EIS
hOLHN THN PERICWRON THS GALILAIAS.
On Oct 31, 2005, at 10:06 AM, Dan Gleason wrote:
> In the Mk 1 pericope it seems the man might be possessed by only one.
> But it's possible he might be possessed by more. I think Mark is
> purposely vague.
Vague? Not really. Go through the text and count the references to
the PNEUMA AKAQARTON in the singular.
PNEUMATI AKAQARTWi, ANEKRAXEN, LEGWN, OIDA, AUTWi, FIMWQHTI KAI
EXELQE, SPARAXAN, TO PNEUMA TO AKAQARTON, FWNHSAN, EXHLQEN
The plural found in TI hHMIN KAI SOI, IHSOU NAZARHNE; HLQES APOLESAI
hHMAS;
has already been explained. It probably refers to the college of
demonic agents. Decades ago it was suggested that it might refer to
the congregation EIS THN SUNAGWGHN (W.Lane Mark, NICNT 1974). The
notion that the PNEUMA AKAQARTON might identify with the synagog
congregation seems a little far fetched but see Lane's footnotes.
Elizabeth Kline
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