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

Curtis Hinson curtis at curtishinson.com
Fri Sep 1 12:45:20 EDT 2006


I think what everybody is getting at but haven't stated explicitly is 
that this woman has only just started speaking to Jesus and she clearly 
doesn't know who he is at this point, much less is ready to call him Lord.

Greeks still to this day use "Kurios" in the way we use "sir" or 
"ma'am".  I seem to recall  having seen it used clearly that way in the 
Anabasis, in Lysias, and in patristic lit etc.

Bless the Name
Curtis Hinson
http://curtishinson.com

Elizabeth Kline wrote the following on 9/1/2006 11:38 AM:
> On Sep 1, 2006, at 9:22 AM, Harold Holmyard 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> HH: Why would she refer to Jesus as lord in John 4:11?
>>     
>
> She wouldn't.
>
> Here is an example where the Hittites answered Abraham with the  
> vocative KURIE.
>
>
> GEN. 23:5 APEKRIQHSAN DE hOI hUIOI CET PROS ABRAAM LEGONTES 6 MH  
> KURIE AKOUSON DE hHMWN BASILEUS PARA QEOU EI SU EN hHMIN EN TOIS  
> EKLEKTOIS MNHMEIOIS hHMWN QAYON TON NEKRON SOU OUDEIS GAR hHMWN TO  
> MNHMEION AUTOU KWLUSEI APO SOU TOU QAYAI TON NEKRON SOU EKEI
>
> Elizabeth Kline
>
>
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