[B-Greek] DUO ENTEUQEN KAI ENTEUQEN
frjsilver at optonline.net
frjsilver at optonline.net
Sun Dec 3 17:49:22 EST 2006
Dear Friends --
The larger gospel narrative makes it otherwise clear that there were but two thieves, but let's stay with the grammar.
The adverbial enclitic -QEN generally indicates 'from (a direction defined by the first particle of the word). For example, ANWQEN 'from on high, from above'.
By itself, the adverb ENTEUQEN means simply 'from this or that direction', or 'to one or the other side' -- depending on one's perspective.
Were there to have been four thieves rather than two, TESSERA would have been written instead of DUO, or DUO would have to be repeated. Writing DUO only once tells us that there were but two thieves, one to one side and one to the other, clarified by 'Jesus in the middle'.
Peace and blessings to all.
Father James Silver
Monk James
Orthodox Church in America
----- Original Message -----
From: Oun Kwon
Date: Sunday, December 3, 2006 5:24 pm
Subject: [B-Greek] DUO ENTEUQEN KAI ENTEUQEN
To: B Greek
> Jn 19:17
>
> hOPOU AUTON ESTAURWSAN,
> KAI MET AUTOU ALLOUS DUO ENTEUQEN KAI ENTEUQEN,
> MESON DE TON IHSOUN
>
> Is it possible (though remotely) in this Gk text to take DUO
> ENTEUQEN KAI
> ENTEUQEN as 'two on one side and (two) on the other side'? Some
> suggeststhat there were four not two robbers crucified along
> with Jesus (in attempt
> to harmonize the four Gospels).
>
> Oun Kwon.
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