[B-Greek] 2 Peter 1:9

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Mar 8 05:40:09 EST 2006


On Mar 7, 2006, at 7:34 PM, Mitch Larramore wrote:

> hWi GAR MH PARESTIN TAUTA, TUFLOS ESTIN MUWPAZWN...
>
> I'm thinking in English I know, but if someone is
> blind, how can they also be near-sighted?

If you carefully consider the larger context here, and perhaps also  
look carefully at TUFLOS in BDAG, you might get "a clearer vision."

The fuller text: 8 TAUTA GAR hUMIN hUPARCONTA KAI PLEONAZONTA OUK  
ARGOUS OUDE AKARPOUS KAQISTHSIN EIS THN TOU KURIOU hHMWN IHSOU  
CRISTOU EPIGNWSIN; 9 hWi GAR MH PARESTIN TAUTA, TUFLOS ESTIN  
MUWPAZWN, LHQHN LABWN TOU KAQARISMOU TWN PALAI AUTOU hAMARTIWN.

The vision is figurative; if one has the requisites, one is fully  
competent and cognizant; if one doesn't one has lost clarity of  
vision (TUFLOS need not mean literally blind (cf. Mt 13:13 ...  
BLEPONTES OU BLEPOUSIN). MUWPAZW means "squint, close or contract the  
eyes."

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