[B-Greek] Mk 9:1 ELHLUQUIAN

Webb webb at selftest.net
Fri Jan 13 19:44:35 EST 2006


What does the group think of rendering the verse this way:

hOITINES OU MH GEUSWNTAI QANATOU hEWS AN IDWSIN THN BASILEIAN TOU QEOU
ELHLUTHUIAN EN DUNAMEI

".who won't ever die/taste death until they've seen the kingdom of God come
in/with power"

 The idea of the perfect tense (past action, present/ongoing resultant
condition) works here in English through the verb to see on behalf of the
verb to come (ERCOMAI)-they've seen it come, which implies that it has come
and stayed. Or does ELHLUQUIAN almost have the force, "they've seen the
kingdom of God *present* in/with power"?

 Webb Mealy

 




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