[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.
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Kelton Graham 
KGRAHAM0938 at comcast.net

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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 
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