[B-Greek] Mark 12:41-44

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Wed Jan 25 21:55:56 EST 2006


If there is a question about some aspect of this Greek text that you  
want to raise, that would be appropriate -- but this is not really a  
forum for testing translations as such.

On Jan 25, 2006, at 9:15 PM, Arsenia Joaquin wrote:

> How is this?
>
> And having sat opposite the treasury He was watching how the crowd  
> casts copper into the treasury.  And many rich men were casting  
> much; and having come one poor widow cast two leptons, which is a  
> quadrans.  And having called forth the disciples of Him He said to  
> them:
>
> "Amen I say to you that this poor widow cast more than all of the  
> ones who cast into the treasury; for all cast out of the things  
> that abound to them, but she herself cast the whole life of her all  
> things whatsoever she had out of the lack of her."
>
> Webb <webb at selftest.net> wrote: Any feedback on this attempt at a  
> close translation?
>
>
>
> And as he sat across from the contribution box, he was watching how  
> the
> crowd was putting coins in the box. And a lot of rich people threw  
> in a lot
> of coins. And one poor widow came along and put in two half pennies- 
> in other
> words, a penny. And Jesus called his followers over. He said to  
> them, "I'm
> telling you, seriously-that poor widow put in more than all the people
> putting money in the contribution box. Because they all put in out  
> of what
> they had left over [1]--but she, out of her shortage of money, put in
> everything she had--her whole living!"
>
> [1] Lit. "they all put in out of what was extra for themselves".
>
>  Webb Mealy
>
>


Carl W. Conrad
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Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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