[B-Greek] Luke 1:34 EPEI ANDRA OU GINWSKW;
Carlton Winbery
winberycl at earthlink.net
Wed Aug 27 10:53:07 EDT 2008
>Luke 1:34 É?¼ÉÉÀ ɬ? Éɸɦɫ?É ¼É¦?V É-?ÉÀ ?ɡɡÉÉÉÕÉÀ,
>ÉÆ?V ?É-É-ÉøÉ« É-ÉÕ?É-ÉÕ,
>?¼É? ?ÉÀɬɦɸ ÉÕ? ɡɫÉÀ?É-É»É÷;
>
>Luke 1:34 EIPEN DE MARIAM PROS TON AGGELON,
>PWS ESTAI TOUTO,
>EPEI ANDRA OU GINWSKW;
>
>When I read this yesterday, I read ɡɫÉÀ?É-É»É÷ (GINWSKW) as present tense
>with imperfective force - "seeing as how I'm not sleeping with a man".
>Translations don't seem to go that way, and the commentaries I've looked
>at so far don't even entertain this as a possibility.
>
>Why not - is it wrong to read it this way?
>
>Jonathan
>
GINWSKW is used in and out of the GNT to signify a sexual
relationship (BDAG). This concept has been carried over into English
and is generally understood by most Bible readers in English. The TEV
makes it much more understandable. "I am a Virgin. How can this be?"
I would agree that the verb here is a present with perfective force.
TEV also captures that nicely as well.
Carlton Winbery
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Carlton L. Winbery
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Louisiana College
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