[B-Greek] Two men in one bed?

David Miller dmiller at briercrest.ca
Thu Jul 20 17:37:27 EDT 2006


Note however that verse 35 features two women.  Given Luke's predilection
for male-female paired examples (Anna and Simeon, the woman with the lost
coin, the man with the lost sheep, etc.) a case could be made for two men on
stylistic grounds.  

David Miller, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor of New Testament
Briercrest College and Seminary
dmiller at briercrest.ca



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[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jim West
Sent: July 20, 2006 1:24 PM
To: Fridolin Janzen; B Greek
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Two men in one bed? [text][mx]

The scribes seem to have had a problem with the verse- as the definite
masculine article you reference is omitted by some very, very reliable
textual sources ( NA apparatus ad loc).  But, fact is, the reading is
difficult, doesn't look like a slip of the eye, and so probably belongs
where it is.  So what to make of it?  Nolland says "probably a man and wife
are intended although the terms are all masculine in Greek".

I think he's probably right.  There's no real need to read into the text
here something that may or may not be present; and there's also no need to
be so tied to grammatical rules that we don't allow biblical authors a slip
every now and again.  (see Revelation!).

Best

Jim


Fridolin Janzen wrote:
> How would you explain the masculine article "O"?
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> Fridolin Janzen
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> I dont see man in this scripture, luke 17:34 Eva Ritsema
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