[B-Greek] Luke 4:26 EI MH EIS SAREPTA THS SIDWNIAS PROS GUNAIKA CHRAN

Jonathan Robie jwrobie at mindspring.com
Thu Jun 21 07:30:46 EDT 2007


What is the effect of PROS GUNAIKA CHRAN at the end of this sentence? It 
starts out by saying POLLAI CHRAI HSAN, and that PROS OUDEMIAN AUTWN 
EPEMFQH HLIAS EI MH EIS SAREPTA. I expected the sentence to end there, 
but it goes on to say PROS GUNAIKA CHRAN - I would have expected 
OUDEMIAN ... EI MH ... to clearly indicate that SAREPTA is a widow. How 
would this sentence be different if the last three words had been omitted?

Jonathan

25 ἐπ ἀληθείας δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν,
πολλαὶ χῆραι ἦσαν
ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἠλίου
ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ,
ὅτε ἐκλείσθη ὁ οὐρανὸς
ἐπὶ ἔτη τρία καὶ μῆνας ἕξ,
ὡς ἐγένετο λιμὸς μέγας ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν,
26 καὶ πρὸς οὐδεμίαν αὐτῶν ἐπέμφθη Ἠλίας
εἰ μὴ εἰς Σάρεπτα τῆς Σιδωνίας πρὸς γυναῖκα χήραν.

25 EP ALHQEIAS DE LEGW hUMIN,
POLLAI CHRAI HSAN
EN TAIS hHMERAIS HLIOU
EN TWi ISRAHL,
hOTE EKLEISQH hO OURANOS EPI ETH TRIA KAI MHNAS hEX,
hWS EGENETO LIMOS MEGAS EPI PASAN THN GHN,
26 KAI PROS OUDEMIAN AUTWN EPEMFQH HLIAS
EI MH EIS SAREPTA THS SIDWNIAS PROS GUNAIKA CHRAN.





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