[B-Greek] HGGIKEN + EPI

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Mon Feb 4 07:40:58 EST 2008


On Feb 4, 2008, at 7:03 AM, Jonathan Robie wrote:

> Luke 12:11 πλὴν τοῦτο γινώσκετε ὅτι  
> ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
> Luke 12:11 PLHN TOUTO GINWSKETE hOTI HGGIKEN hH BASILEIA TOU QEOU
>
> The footnote in my wonderful NET / NA27 tells me that the perfect
> EGGIKEN + EPI means "has come" rather than "has come near" or "is at
> hand". It refers me to BDAG EGGIZW sense 2, but I don't see enough  
> there
> to understand why it takes that sense.
>
> The BDAG seems to indicate that "is at hand" might be right for other
> Gospels, but "has come" is right for the Luke passages. Can someone
> please enlighten me?

No, can't do that (need enlightenment myself, still carrying that  
lantern around the streets of Athens ... ). But my take on the BDAG  
entry is this:
It cites "WHutton, ET 64, ’52/53, 89–91: has come for the Lk  
passages." It appears that when WHutton speaks, the translator at NET  
listens! Without reading the article, I'm still from Missouri (even if  
resident in NC), waiting to be shown.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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