[B-Greek] hHGEMONEUONTOS IN LUKE 2:2 AND LUKE 3:1
rhutchin at aol.com
rhutchin at aol.com
Sun Jan 13 08:33:15 EST 2008
We have the following phrases:
hHGEMONEUONTOS THS SURIAS KURHNIOU? (Luke 2:2)
hHGEMONEUONTOS PONTIOU PILATOU THS IOUDAIAS? (Luke 3:1)
Is it possible that Luke meant to make a distinction in the two situations and this caused him to transpose intentionally the ordering of the words (and that he wasn't just stylistically varying his historical account in order to keep the account lively and the reader from falling asleep)?
By placing PONTIOU PILATOU before THS IOUDAIAS, could Luke have meant to identify PONTIOU PILATOU as "THE" ruler of Judea and by placing KURHNIOU after THS SURIAS, to identify KURHNIOU as "A" subordinate ruler with power delegated to him by "THE" then ruler of THS SURIAS?
Roger Hutchinson
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