[B-Greek] Mk 11:14 FAGOI (optative)
Webb
webb at selftest.net
Fri Jan 20 16:52:20 EST 2006
And he saw a fig tree a long ways away, with leaves on it. He went to it, in
case he might find some figs on it. And when he came, he didn't find
anything on it but leaves-because it wasn't the right season for figs. And
Jesus said to it, "From now on, may nobody ever eat your fruit again!"
MHKETI EIS TON AIWNA EK SOU MHDEIS KARPON FAGOI
I can't resist suspecting that the force is beyond "may nobody ever eat",
i.e. a curse or a statement of a wish, but "nobody will"-a kind of
self-conscious prophetic pronouncement. Any opinions as to the force of
optative in this setting?
Webb Mealy
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