[B-Greek] more on a legitimate translation of DIKAIOS

jam at surfing.net jam at surfing.net
Fri May 5 15:53:39 EDT 2006


Dear George,
Your point about the pharisees is indespensible in understanding DIKAIOS
in Luke-Acts.  Those who are legitimate before God will be identifiable on
the face of it by their compliance in meeting God “where” and “how” God
has proscribed.  The priest Zacharias and his wife Elizebeth exemplify
this and we are told HSAN DE DIKAIOI AMFOTEROI ENANTION TOU QEOU.  The key
seems to be, “legitimate from whose perspective?”  There will also be
individuals introduced in Luke who would appear to men as legitamate. And
in UPOKRISIS the pharisees and other Jews are certainly DIKAIOS as the
term is popularly used.  But the subltety is, are they legitimate before
God, or do they approach their legitimacy with an attitude of entitlement
and thereby obscure the very heart of that status. Being DIKAIOS is a gift
of God. The heart of the legitimate must recocgnize that legitimacey is a
merciful gift and therefore the legitimate ones must be be generous in
extending that status to all who approach the temple even if they seem to
have only two mites to offer there.

KAI EIPEN AUTOIS UMEIS ESTE OI DIKAIOUNTES EAUTOUS ENWPION TWN ANQRWPWN, O
DE QEOS GINWSKEI TAS KARDIAS UMWN. OTI TO EN ANQRWPOIS UYHLON BDELUGMA
ENWPION TOU QEOU. Luke 16:15

OUTWS KAI UMEIS, OTAN POIHSHTE PANTA TA DIATACQENTA UMIN, LEGETE OTI
DOULOI ACREOI ESMEN, O WYEILOMEN POIHSAI PEPOIHKAMEN. Luke 17:10

Jeff Allan Miller





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