[B-Greek] Matt 1:20 to gennethen: Beget or conceive?

Eric Weiss papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Fri Dec 15 15:49:39 EST 2006


Not the same word, of course, but the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed states:
   
  ... KAI SARKWQENTA EK PNEUMATOS hAGIOU KAI MARIAS THS PARQENOU KAI 
  ENANQRWPHSANTA.
   
  The incarnation is depicted as a mutual/cooperative/single act of The Holy Spirit and The 
  Virgin Mary (note that a single preposition, EK, governs them both - the same preposition 
  used with the Holy Spirit in Matthew 1:20; which now makes me wonder if the EN in EN 
  AUTHi might be translated as "by [her]" - I don't know if EN used with GENNAW can have 
  this meaning, though).
   
  Anyway, the Creed suggests to me that the use of GENNAW in reference to Christ might 
  have been understood to mean both the Holy Spirit's begetting and Mary's conceiving. 


Eric S. Weiss


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