[B-Greek] Mk 1:15 believe 'with the good news'

Wayne Leman wayne_leman at sil.org
Tue Feb 20 13:47:03 EST 2007


> I'd like to change the word "provocative" in the paragraph below to 
> "eye-opening" -- perhaps that is tantamount to "illuminating" but I  meant 
> to indicate that some might be surprised by what Wayne has to  say rather 
> than that they would be upset.

I hope it is illuminating, or at least that it stimulates discussion which 
might lead to better translation of PISTEUW.
Wayne
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Wayne Leman
Better Bibles Blog:
http://englishbibles.blogspot.com

>
> On Feb 20, 2007, at 5:01 AM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>
>> I am in accord with George on this matter of (a) the equivalence of
>> these various formulations with PISTEUW, (b) that its proper sense is
>> "trust," "be faithful." With regard to the way PISTEUW is translated,
>> I think that list-members might find illuminating and perhaps
>> provocative a recent blog by Wayne Leman on his "Better Bibles Blog"
>> concerning how this verb (verb-phrase) is translated in several
>> versions in John 2:23-25: http://tinyurl.com/2xyja8




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