[B-Greek] Question about John 10:18
Matthew Blair
mpblair at gmail.com
Thu Jan 31 21:37:32 EST 2008
Greetings again,
I'm working on the exercises for Chapter 13 (demonstrative pronouns) in BBG,
and the first translation exercise is a fragment from John 10:18.
TAUTHN THN ENTOLHN ELABON PARA TOU PATROS MOU
this the commandment I received from father my
Since the demonstrative pronoun is functioning as an adjective, it is in the
same case as the noun ENTOLHN. Since ENTOLHN is in the accusative case, I
translated this sentence as
"I received this commandment from my Father."
However, the answer key (and the NIV) translate this sentence as:
"This commandment I received from my Father."
Both translations are identical in meaning, in my opinion. Is there a
reason why one would choose the NIV translation?
Thanks for your time,
Matthew Blair
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