[B-Greek] Question about John 10:18
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 1 10:00:04 EST 2008
As you say, they both mean the same thing (except that you have an excess article). The difference is that the NIV preserves the order of the Greek. The question is, "Do you want six or do you want half a dozen?
george
gfsomsel
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----- Original Message ----
From: Matthew Blair <mpblair at gmail.com>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 9:37:32 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] Question about John 10:18
Greetings
again,
I'm
working
on
the
exercises
for
Chapter
13
(demonstrative
pronouns)
in
BBG,
and
the
first
translation
exercise
is
a
fragment
from
John
10:18.
TAUTHN
THN
ENTOLHN
ELABON
PARA
TOU
PATROS
MOU
this
the
commandment
I
received
from
father
my
Since
the
demonstrative
pronoun
is
functioning
as
an
adjective,
it
is
in
the
same
case
as
the
noun
ENTOLHN.
Since
ENTOLHN
is
in
the
accusative
case,
I
translated
this
sentence
as
"I
received
this
commandment
from
my
Father."
However,
the
answer
key
(and
the
NIV)
translate
this
sentence
as:
"This
commandment
I
received
from
my
Father."
Both
translations
are
identical
in
meaning,
in
my
opinion.
Is
there
a
reason
why
one
would
choose
the
NIV
translation?
Thanks
for
your
time,
Matthew
Blair
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