[B-Greek] Luke 8:27

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Fri Jun 29 02:13:13 EDT 2007


On Jun 28, 2007, at 8:45 PM, Rod Rogers wrote:

> I'm having some problems translating Luke 8:27.

Taking a somewhat different approach while not entirely ignoring your  
question ...

LUKE 8:26 KAI KATEPLEUSAN EIS THN CWRAN TWN GERASHNWN, hHTIS ESTIN  
ANTIPERA THS GALILAIAS.  27 EXELQONTI DE AUTWi EPI THN GHN hUPHNTHSEN  
ANHR TIS EK THS POLEWS ECWN DAIMONIA KAI CRONWi hIKANWi OUK ENEDUSATO  
hIMATION KAI EN OIKIAi OUK EMENEN ALL' EN TOIS MNHMASIN.

EXELQONTI DE AUTWi EPI THN GHN is before the main verb because it is  
a point of departure (v. Levinsohn:2000). It locates the new scene  
relative to what came immediately before, the arrival EIS THN CWRAN  
TWN GERASHNWN. The arrival in v.26 is also a point of departure which  
locates the demoniac pericope relative to the storm pericope. So Lk  
8:26-27a is all staging for the demoniac pericope.

EXELQONTI AUTWi is the dative argument for hUPHNTHSEN. The  
confrontation is between Jesus and Legion, the disciples were there  
but the focus is on Jesus and the demoniac. That is one explanation  
for the AUTWi. There are other reasons for AUTWi but someone else can  
point them out.

You might find it worth while to look at the Majority Text:

LUKE 8:27 EXELQONTI DE AUTW EPI THN GHN UPHNTHSEN AUTW ANHR TIS EK  
THS POLEWS ...

Note the repetition of AUTW.

Elizabeth Kline







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