[B-Greek] Mk 6:8b EI MH ... MH ... MH ...
Oun Kwon
kwonbbl at gmail.com
Sat May 27 18:04:26 EDT 2006
Hi there,
On journey the disciples are told not to take things (in Mt 10:10 and
in Lk 9:3). Here is the pertinent clause in Mk.
Mk 6:8b
EI MH hRABDON MONON MH ARTON MH PHRAN MH EIS THN ZWNHN CALKON
Now, the problem is that all the translations read this as 'except a
staff' taking parenthetically. This makes the Markan text
contradictory to the rest of the synoptics. What is the grammatical
basis of this rendering (unacceptable to me)? What I can see is
simply 'EI' before the MH hRABDON. If EI has to mean 'except', why it
should govern hRABDON only, not the whole items listed?
Since all the items are listed in a manner of MH ~ MH ~ ...., as for
me, I am tempted to read this as
'not a single staff, nor pouch, no loaf of bread, no coins in their
money-belt';
I am not sure how I should understand the conjunction EI.
Thanks for your help.
Oun Kwon.
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