[B-Greek] 1 Peter 2:6

Harold Holmyard hholmyard at ont.com
Thu Aug 24 07:55:42 EDT 2006


Leonard Jayawardena wrote:

>The New Revised Standard Version translates 1 Peter 2:6 as "For it stands in scripture: 'See, I am laying in Zion...'" (DIOTI PERIECEI EN GRAFHi).  But KJV translates it as "Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion...," apparently based on the reading contained in the majority text, which has EN THi GRAFHi, according to my Nestle-Aland.  
>
>Are there any compelling reasons for preferring the reading used in modern translations for 1 Pet. 2:6 over the reading on which the KJV translation is based?
>

HH: Maccabees gives good comparison uses of this verb PERIECW, with the 
idea of contents:

1Mac. 15:2 its contents were as follows: “King Antiochus to Simon the 
high priest and ethnarch and to the nation of the Jews, greetings.

2Mac. 9:18 But when his sufferings did not in any way abate, for the 
judgment of God had justly come upon him, he gave up all hope for 
himself and wrote to the Jews the following letter, in the form of a 
supplication. This was its content:

2Mac. 11:16 The letter written to the Jews by Lysias was to this effect: 
“Lysias to the people of the Jews, greetings.

2Mac. 11:22 The king’s letter ran thus: “King Antiochus to his brother 
Lysias, greetings.

HH: I have more trouble with the KJV reading because I ask what "it" 
refers to if "it" is contained in the Scripture. In the other reading 
the "it" refers to the content of the Scripture quote.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard




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