[B-Greek] Revelation 20:4: KAI confusion ....

Jonathan Robie jwrobie at mindspring.com
Tue Aug 19 09:25:05 EDT 2008


I think I misread this:

04 Καὶ εἶδον θρόνους,
καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐπ αὐτούς,
καὶ κρίμα ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς,
καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν πεπελεκισμένων διὰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν Ἰησοῦ καὶ διὰ τὸν
λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ,
καὶ οἵτινες οὐ προσεκύνησαν τὸ θηρίον οὐδὲ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ
ἔλαβον τὸ χάραγμα ἐπὶ τὸ μέτωπον καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτῶν·
καὶ ἔζησαν καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν μετὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ χίλια ἔτη.

04 KAI EIDON QRONOUS,
KAI EKAQISAN EP AUTOUS,
KAI KRIMA EDOQH AUTOIS,
KAI TAS YUCAS TWN PEPELEKISMENWN DIA THN MARTURIAN IHSOU KAI DIA TON
LOGON TOU QEOU,
KAI hOITINES OU PROSEKUNHSAN TO QHRION OUDE THN EIKONA AUTOU KAI OUK
ELABON TO CARAGMA EPI TO METWPON KAI EPI THN CEIRA AUTWN
KAI EZHSAN KAI EBASILEUSAN META TOU CRISTOU CILIA ETH.

He sees the thrones, and people seated on them, and they are given
authority. καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν πεπελεκισμένων (KAI TAS YUCAS TWN
PEPELEKISMENWN) ....

In my mind's eye, I associated these people with those seated on the
thrones, since they were both plural and nobody had told me yet who was
seated on the thrones (except that they had been given KRIMA). And I
have to admit, I still get confused about how to read KAI in
constructions like this. Is there anything in the language or context
that should make it clear that τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν πεπελεκισμένων (TAS YUCAS
TWN PEPELEKISMENWN) are not the ones seated on the thrones?

Jonathan




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