[B-Greek] Mark 9:5 and APOKRIQEIS

Jeffrey B. Gibson jgibson000 at comcast.net
Tue Nov 13 21:26:45 EST 2007



Carl Conrad wrote:

> I think it comes close to being just that: an untranslatable idiom.
> It's true that nobody has said a word to Peter, but what he says is
> clearly in response to what he has just experienced. We might English
> it as "Peter's reaction to this was to say to Jesus, 'Rabbi, it's a
> good thing that we're here; let's put up three huts ... " But I think
> there's also a Semitism here that others may better be able to comment
> on than can I: hebraic narrative seems to be redundant in expressions
> of speaking: "and he opened his mouth and said … " or "and he spoke to
> them, saying ... " It may be that the Marcan usage here in 9:5 echoes
> that pattern, but I'm not quite sure.

Here is what R.T. France has to say:

If ἀποκρίνομαι [APOKRINOMAI] is understood only of a response
to a previous utterance, its double use here is inappropriate. But it
frequently represents the Hebraic idiom waya‘an which serves to
continue, or even begin, a discourse (BAGD, 93b, 2: ‘speak up’).

France, R. T. (2002). The Gospel of Mark : A commentary on the Greek text
(353). Grand Rapids, Mich.;  Carlisle: W.B. Eerdmans;  Paternoster Press.

Jeffrey
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