[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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