[B-Greek] Matt. 27:53 - META THN EGERSIN

glen glen at no-shame.org
Fri May 26 11:08:19 EDT 2006


Hi Dave,

Thanks for your comments - you said:

> 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.

One commentary tells me that the Arabic and Ethiopic transcripts both 
translated it:  "after their resurrection".  If that helps????  I don't have 
access to either of those translations.  Can anyone else verify that?

To me, this passage makes no sense unless it reads "their".  This passages 
is referring to the day Jesus died - not the day He was resurrected.

Thanks.

Glen Klein
glen at no-shame.org
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---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Dave Smith (REL110, 211,212)" <rel21x at charter.net>
To: <B-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Fri, 26 May 2006 11:13:12 -0400
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Matt. 27:53 - META THN EGERSIN

> 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
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "glen" <glen at no-shame.org>
> To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 10:35
> 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
> > glen at no-shame.org
> > http://www.no-shame.org
> >
> >
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