[B-Greek] Matt 13:32a
Delbert Flora
delbert.flora at hotmail.com
Fri Jul 27 21:36:23 EDT 2007
hO MIKROTERON MEN ESTIN PANTWN TWN SPERMATWN
I know the King James translators took this comparative MIKROTERON in a
superlative sense (is the least of all seeds), but it seems like a Greek
would have understood MIKROTERON, however awkward it would be translated
into English, to be nothing more than an assertion that the mustard seed is
smaller in comparison to all seeds. That is, if all seeds were measured
and put on some scale, the mustard seed would be on the smaller end. Im
just not seeing where a Greek would have presumed a superlative sense with
MIKROTERON even if the group to which it is being compared is all seeds
(which would mean that the mustard seed is in both groups, so obviously it
can't be smaller than itself).
Kindly,
Delbert Flora
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