[B-Greek] Luke 9:31
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 13 17:56:41 EDT 2006
No, not really. It is a euphemism for death. We seem to always want to soften that harsh reality. Rather than say "He's dead" we will say "He's demised" (at least until some time after the event). There were also euphemisms in antiquity, and this was one of them.
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Michael Abernathy <mabernathy714 at comcast.net> wrote:
I am getting ready to move so most of my Greek books are packed. Is
there a technical use for EXODON? I know it can mean death or exodus but
is there another meaning that might be relevant to this passage?
οἳ á½ÏθένÏÎµÏ á¼Î½ δÏξῠá¼Î»ÎµÎ³Î¿Î½ Ïὴν á¼Î¾Î¿Î´Î¿Î½ αá½Ïοῦ, ἣν ἤμελλεν ÏληÏοῦν á¼Î½
ἸεÏοÏ
Ïαλήμ.
hOI OFQENTES EN DOXH ELEGON THN EXODON AUTOU, hHN HMELLEN PLHROUN EN
IEROUSALHM
Sincerely,
Michael Abernathy
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