[B-Greek] "Your lives will appear too"? Col. 3:3

Webb webb at selftest.net
Thu Dec 21 22:05:07 EST 2006


Sorry for the mistranscription. The proposal stands, however. "Your lives"
is just customary English for "your (pl.) life", assuming that my reading is
possible. 

 

What's impossible about

 

your life (will appear), when you appear.

 

?

 

 

Webb Mealy

 

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From: George F Somsel [mailto:gfsomsel at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 6:58 PM
To: Webb; b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] "Your lives will appear too"? Col. 3:3

 

How about the fact that the text doesn't read as you have transcribed it?
It actually reads

 

SUN AUTWi FANERWQHSESQE EN DOCHi

 

Since this is a 2nd pl verb, it cannot read "your lives will appear" which
would require a 3rd pl verb.  However, even there it could not be "your
lives" since hH ZWH is singular so it must be "your life."
 

george
gfsomsel
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----- Original Message ----
From: Webb <webb at selftest.net>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:39:48 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] "Your lives will appear too"? Col. 3:3

Col. 3:2 

APEQANETE GAR, 

KAI hH ZWH hUMWN KEKRUPTAI SUN TWi CRISTWi EN TWi QEWi. 

hOTAN hO CRISTOS FANERWQHi, 

hH ZWH hUMWN, 

TOTE KAI hUMEIS SUN AUTWi FANERWQHSETAI EN DOXHi



Reacting to hH ZWH hUMWN similarly to Lattimore, I'm inclined to render this
as



Because you've died, and your lives are hidden with Christ in God. When
Christ appears, your lives will appear too. Then you'll be revealed with him
in glory.



Does anybody have grammatical or other evidence that rules out this reading
(e.g. unanimity among ancient versions that it means "Christ, who is your
life")?



Webb Mealy

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