[B-Greek] Question Regarding John 4:11 kurios

Harold Holmyard hholmyard at ont.com
Fri Sep 1 12:22:30 EDT 2006


James Becknell wrote:

>I am interested to know if anyone understands why kurios is rendered as
>sir in John 4:11?  I understand its use as a title for the purpose of
>formal address, but I was wondering how it is concluded that the
>Samaritan woman is not referring to Jesus as lord, but as sir?  Are
>there any other places where this is brought out into English as sir?
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HH: Why would she refer to Jesus as lord in John 4:11?

Yours,
Harold Holmyard

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