[B-Greek] hOI MEN OUN APODEXAMENOI (Acts 2:41)
Ted & Robin Shoemaker
shoes6 at juno.com
Sat Dec 27 15:11:00 EST 2008
Greetings.
Acts 2:41 reads, in part:
hOI MEN OUN APODEXAMENOI TON LOGON AUTOU EBAPTISQHSAN. . . .
(English: "The ones who received his word were baptized . . . .")
I'm trying to figure out MEN. (My grasp of Greek particles in general is slippery.) My best understanding is:
MEN emphasizes the word(s) it is near. In spoken English we might say an emphasized word louder; in written English we use underlines and bold type; in written Koine Greek we use MEN.
In this passage, then, MEN highlights the fact that those who received the message -- as distinct from those who did not -- were the ones baptized.
Is this a satisfactory handling of the text?
Thank you for all answers.
Ted Shoemaker
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