[B-Greek] Question about John 10:18

Susan Jeffers susan at read-the-bible.org
Fri Feb 1 07:40:27 EST 2008


oops. I meant to send this as plain text.  sorry if it duplicates.

Hi Matthew

I recommend using both the NIV and the NRSV to check your work against 
the Mounce answer key.  NRSV tends to be a little closer to the Greek 
most of the time, but they're both very worthwhile for getting a sense 
of the meaning in Greek.  And they help explain why the answer key is 
what it is, sometimes, when the snippet in the exercise is very short 
and out-of-context.

For John 10:18
NIV This command I received from my Father
NRSV I have received this command from my Father

Tomato, tomato indeed.

Blessings,

Susan Jeffers
having taught using Mounce and used modern translations with the answer key

Matthew Blair wrote:
> Hugh,
>
> Thank you for the input.  I *knew* these two were the same, but still....as
> a new student I always have to wonder if there is some rule I didn't know
> about :-)
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Matthew
>
> On Jan 31, 2008 10:25 PM, Hugh Donohoe Jr. <justusjcmylord at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Matthew,
>>
>> Tomato Tomato
>>
>> Your literal translation puts the accusative "this
>> commandment" in its natural place in English, after
>> the verb.
>>
>> The NIV translation replicates the Greek word order in
>> what is still natural English idiom.
>>
>> Both are correct. The NIV with a formal equivalence
>> philosophy ironically is more literal here (if you
>> count replicating word order as more literal). I guess
>> the NIV captures the emphasis of the demonstrative
>> pronoun and its first position in the sentence. If
>> John intended such emphasis.
>>
>> ex animo
>>
>> Hugh Donohoe
>>
>>
>>
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