[B-Greek] Matt. 27:53 - META THN EGERSIN
Dave Smith (REL110, 211,212)
rel21x at charter.net
Fri May 26 11:13:12 EDT 2006
Glen,
When you read the whole phrase and add the next word: META THN EGEPSIN AUTOU
=> "after His (Jesus') resurrection," the answer becomes clear. If the
writer had wanted to say "after their resurrection" it would read META THN
EGEPSIN AUTWN. Though the opening of tombs is associated with the earthquake
and spliting the curtain in the holy of holies, the resurrection of saints
who had fallen asleep only happened after the resurrection of Jesus. It is a
parenthetical comment found only in Matthew. The problem her is not whether
the phrase you mention refers to Jesus' resurrection or that of the other
saints, but whether the whole preposotional phrase goes with the previous or
following material. Did the sleeping saints arise after Jesus' resurrection,
or did they arise when the Temple curtain was split and only entered
Jerusalem after the resurrection of Jesus? Most would probably say the whole
event occurred at the time of Jesus' resurrection.
It is strange that you mention this, becauseW. C. Allen in the old ICC says
Matthew may have misread AUTOU for AUTWN, but I don't find any MSS evidence
for this.
Dave Smith
Hudson, NC
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Subject: [B-Greek] Matt. 27:53 - META THN EGERSIN
> Hello all,
>
> Can you help me understand why META THN EGERSIN was translated as "after
His
> resurrection" versus "after their resurrection"?
>
> Thanks from the rookie!
>
> Glen Klein
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