[B-Greek] Acts 2:47
kgraham0938 at comcast.net
kgraham0938 at comcast.net
Wed Oct 4 22:01:14 EDT 2006
Hey Luke, I would take PROS here to mean 'with'. Having favor with the people seems to fit the best in my mind.
--
Kelton Graham
KGRAHAM0938 at comcast.net
-------------- Original message --------------
From: Luke Hartman <lists at mrturtle.com>
> Acts 2:47 (a)
> AINOUNTES TON QEON KAI ECONTES CARIN PROS hOLON TON LAON hO DE KURIOS
> PROSETIQEI TOUS SWiZOMENOUS KAQ hHMERAN EPI TO AUTO
>
> My question is over ECONTES CARIN PROS hOLON TON LAON. Does this mean
> (1) they enjoyed CARIS of the people (because of their activities in
> 2:42-26) or (2) that they had CARIS towards or for the people, or (3)
> an ambiguous mixture of both?
>
> BDAG's entry for PROS leans towards the community's favor towards TON
> LAON (2), while English versions I have found favor the believing
> community as the recipient (1). On the B-Greek archives I saw an
> older discussion that seemed to indicate (3), but I couldn't find the
> full discussion.
>
> Luke Hartman
> Midwest City, OK
> ---
> B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek
> B-Greek mailing list
> B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-greek
More information about the B-Greek
mailing list