[B-Greek] A Question for B-Greek John 20:26 "After eight days"

Oun Kwon kwonbbl at gmail.com
Tue Jan 16 23:29:15 EST 2007


On 1/16/07, Anthony Buzzard <anthonybuzzard at mindspring.com> wrote:
> I would say that Luke 24:21 is another good example of the inclusive reckoning.
> "Today (Sunday) brings the third day since the crucifixion," which
> was on  Friday.
> Jesus also said "Today, tomorrow and the third day."
> This does not seem difficult.
>
> Anthony Buzzard

>
Hi Anthony,


The syntax of the text TRITHN AUTHN hMERAN AGEI SHMERON is different
from 'on the third day'  TH hHMERA TH TRITH.

This makes us to use exclusive counting (1st day would be the day
after the crucifixion, etc.) in the Emmaus story.

Oun.



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