[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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