[B-Greek] Jn 20:27 FERE TON DAKTULON SOU hWDE

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Oct 21 23:31:27 EDT 2006


On Oct 21, 2006, at 11:21 PM, Webb wrote:

> Given the context of Thomas's bitter challenge (Jn 20:25), I  
> laughed when I
> encountered this statement by the risen Jesus:
>
>
>
> Jn 20:27 FERE TON DAKTULON SOU hWDE
>
>
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> But then I thought it's no doubt an idiom, so that you could say,  
> FERE TON
> DAKTULON SOU hWDE  to mean "put your finger here" if you wanted  
> someone to
> keep your place on a page. Can someone show me some equivalent uses  
> of FERW
> with a finger? Or is it possible that Jesus is saying, "Bring your  
> finger
> over here", as in "Let me have your finger", so that he could guide  
> it into
> the nail holes?

"Bring" is a standard sense for FERW, but it will do for "put." See  
BDAG s.v. FERW 4.


Carl W. Conrad
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