[B-Greek] embrimaomai
Oun Kwon
kwonbbl at gmail.com
Mon Feb 11 16:34:41 EST 2008
On Feb 11, 2008 3:42 PM, Randall Buth <randallbuth at gmail.com> wrote:
> The following was sent from Lyle Story for forwarding to the list:
>
> subject embrimaomai
>
> Let me express my thoughts on embrimaomai:
>
> Jesus expresses self-recrimination and heartbreaking feelings of
> betrayal and abandonment. At the tomb of Lazarus, Jesus' responds
> with self-recrimination, expressed through the verb, "He censured
> Himself" (embrimaomai) in response to the death of Lazarus and the
> criticism of the Jews, who questioned His care for His friend (Jn.
> 11:33, 38). In each case there is a direct object of censure: The
> verb is used in Mk. 14:5-the censure of the bystanders for the woman's
> outpouring of precious perfume; Mk. 1:43—Jesus' censure of the leper
> in His silence charge; Matt. 9:30—censure of the two blind men whom
> Jesus healed. In each instance, there is a person who is censured.
> Thus, in Jn. 11:33, 38, the verb indicates that Jesus censured
> Himself. We suggest that the verb should be rendered, "He censured His
> spirit and troubled himself." The expression may be understood, "Why
> did I not come sooner and save my friends their grief and the grief of
> their friends as well? I have only myself to blame that I did not
> come sooner." Our modern expression, "If only I had . . . ." He
> experiences a personal disappointment.
>
> J. Lyle Story
This interpretation is not supported explicitly by the text 11:4-6
which says it is intentional and purposeful on His part.
Oun Kwon.
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