[B-Greek] PEIRAZW--"Dare"? (Acts 24:6)

Jeffrey B. Gibson jgibson000 at comcast.net
Thu Dec 6 22:09:59 EST 2007



Webb Mealy wrote:

> hOS [PAULOS] KAI TO hIERON EPEIRASEN BEBHLWSAI, hON KAI EKRATHSAMEN (Acts
> 24:6)
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> When I read the words EPEIRASEN BEBHLWSAI here, the impression I get is,
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> “He even dared to profane the Temple, but we caught him”.
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> I’m rather surprised that no other translation in front of me reads it this
> way. I guess the assumptions behind this rendering are:
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> 1. They were accusing Paul of having brought Gentiles into the Temple
> precincts reserved for Jews—which, if true, was not an attempt, but an
> actual desecration.
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> 2. I tend to think that TO hIERON EPEIRASEN BEBHLWSAI can read as “he
> tempted the Temple by profaning it”, the Temple being metonymous for God.
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> Comments?
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When PEIRAZW/EKPEIRAZW is used with an infinitive it means "try/attempt  to do
X".

Jeffrey
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