[B-Greek] Luke 4:7

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Jun 12 08:12:19 EDT 2007


On Jun 12, 2007, at 7:31 AM, Jonathan Robie wrote:

> Luke 4:7
>
>     σὺ οὖν ἐὰν προσκυνήσῃς  
> ἐνώπιον ἐμοῦ,
>     ἔσται σοῦ πᾶσα.
>
>     SU OUN EAN PROSKUNHSHS ENWPION EMOU,
>     ESTAI SOU PASA
>
> I'm trying to understand the exact shade of meaning that the  
> initial  σὺ (SU) adds - does it merely add emphasis - "now if  
> *you* should worship before me it will all be yours", or is it more  
> like, "as for you, if you worship before me, it will all be yours?"
>
> What's the difference between the text above and this form:
>
>     ἐὰν οὖν προσκυνήσῃς ἐνώπιον  
> ἐμοῦ,
>     ἔσται σοῦ πᾶσα.
>
>     EAN OUN PROSKUNHSHS ENWPION EMOU,
>     ESTAI SOU PASA

I think the SU is very emphatic in Lk 4:7, which I'd English as, "So  
if YOU will bow down before me, will all be yours."

Your second fomrulation: "So if you will bow down before me, it will  
all be yours.

The difference, I think, in the English formulations is strictly in  
voice inflection.

Carl W. Conrad
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