[B-Greek] Acts 2:46

Curtis Hinson curtis at curtishinson.com
Mon Dec 18 18:41:19 EST 2006


Thanks George, I overlooked the matching TEs.  I think you've covered my 
question.

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George F Somsel wrote the following on 12/18/2006 7:20 AM:
> That OIKOS can be used for hIERON is not disputable, but that it is so 
> used here is a different question.  It would appear that you are 
> neglecting the force of the particle TE.  KLWNTES TE KAT' OIKON 
> ARTON is not an appositive to PROSKARTEROUNTES OMOQUMADON.  Rather it 
> is TE . . . TE, i.e. there are ** BOTH ** PROSKARTEROUNTES and KLWNTES 
> ARTON.  Thus, two different actions are in view.
>  
> Note the KAQ' hHMERAN at the beginning of the verse.  This is a 
> distributive usage indicating "from day to day" or daily.  This is 
> similarly used in regard to the breaking of bread (Which could either 
> be taken as a sharing of meals or as a celebration of the Eucharist).  
> This is done "from house to house" or distributively.
>  
> george
> gfsomsel
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>
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> From: Curtis Hinson <curtis at curtishinson.com>
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> Subject: [B-Greek] Acts 2:46
>
> Recently I was working in Acts and ran across this:
>
> 2:46 καθ ημεραν τε προσκαρτερουντες ομοθυμαδον εν τω ιερω κλωντες τε κατ
> οικον αρτον μετελαμβανον τροφης εν αγαλλιασει και αφελοτητι καρδιας
>
> KAQ HMERAN TE PROSKARTEROUNTES OMOQUMADON EN TW IERW KLWNTES TE KAT
> OIKON ARTON METELAMBANON TROFHS EN AGALLIASEI AFELOTHTI KARDIAS
>
> My working translation so far is something like:
>
> Each day they were devoted as with a single mind in the Temple, breaking
> bread in the house, sharing food with exultation and sincerity in their
> hearts
>
> I looked at a spectrum of translations and they seem to take the
> devotion going on in the first part of the sentence to be in the temple
> courts, and the breaking of bread in the second part to be "at home" or
> "in their homes" or NKJV even says "house to house."  I assume NKJV took
> KAT to be working with OIKON in this way.
>
> My question here partly regards the use of the accusative singular
> OIKON, which I'd expect to be plural and maybe some extra words if it
> were functioning in the way most of the translations have it. That of
> course calls into question the function of TE here, which Friberg
> considers to mean and, likewise, or so in it's use in 2.40.
>
> So why is it again that OIKON is not a reference to IERW since it's
> singular?  I thought maybe OIKON was another way of referring to IERW,
> so that the breaking of bread as well as the devotion is still going on
> in the temple courts.  And what about KAT here, since we're in the
> accusative, wouldn't it be something like:
>
> ...breaking bread throughout the house...
> or even
> ...breaking the house-bread throughout...
>
> Any insights on that?  Any precedents come to mind either way?
>
> Bless the Name
> Curtis Hinson
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