[B-Greek] hOI PAR' AUTOU

Hugh Donohoe Jr. justusjcmylord at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 16 14:59:26 EST 2008


In the enigmatic pericope found in Mark (3:20-1)where
Jesus' family comes to get him because they think he
is crazy. The phrase hOI PAR' AUTOU was translated
unanimously 'his family' with the exception of the NAS
which has the similar 'his own'. I had always taken
the hOI PAR' AUTOU as an idiom for family. The phrase
is not found elsewhere in the NT. I found the phrase
in I Maccabees 9:58. IWNATHAN KAI PAR' AUTOU,
'Jonathan and those with him' (KJV), 'Jonathan and his
supporters' (NJB). So evidently context determines the
content of the phrase. I was wondering if anyone could
find this phrase being used as it is taken in Mark
(i.e. for family) elsewhere in the Classical and
Hellenistic corpus.

ex animo

Hugh J. Donohoe Jr.


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