[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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