[B-Greek] Fwd: Question about John 10:18

Harold Holmyard hholmyard3 at earthlink.net
Fri Feb 1 19:41:39 EST 2008


Hi, Oun,
> If I understand the text,
>
> TAUTHN THN ENPOLHN ELABON PARA TOU PATROS MOU
>
> as 'This [is] the command [that] I received from my father',
>
> am I misunderstanding the Greek? Then, how would it be phrased in Gk
> for different English sentences with different nuance and focus, such
> as
>
>    This command — that's what I received from my Father.
>    It is this command that I received from my Father.
>    This is the command that I received from my Father.
>   

HH: The NIV gives it a focus like the Greek. You don't have to translate 
the definite article at the start.

NIV This command I received from my Father

Yours,
Harold Holmyard

> Oun Kwon.
>
> On Feb 1, 2008 7:40 AM, Susan Jeffers <susan at read-the-bible.org> wrote:
>   
>> 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.
>>
>>     
>
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