[B-Greek] HQELON OUN LABEIN AUTON EIS TO PLOION Jn 6:21
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Fri May 30 14:23:00 EDT 2008
John 6:19 ἐληλακότες οὖν ὡς σταδίους
εἴκοσι πέντε ἢ τριάκοντα θεωροῦσιν
τὸν Ἰησοῦν περιπατοῦντα ἐπὶ τῆς
θαλάσσης καὶ ἐγγὺς τοῦ πλοίου
γινόμενον, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν. 20 ὁ δὲ
λέγει αὐτοῖς· ἐγώ εἰμι· μὴ
φοβεῖσθε. 21 ἤθελον οὖν λαβεῖν αὐτὸν
εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, καὶ εὐθέως ἐγένετο
τὸ πλοῖον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς εἰς ἣν
ὑπῆγον.
JOHN 6:19 ELHLAKOTES OUN hWS STADIOUS EIKOSI PENTE H TRIAKONTA
QEWROUSIN TON IHSOUN PERIPATOUNTA EPI THS QALASSHS KAI EGGUS TOU
PLOIOU GINOMENON, KAI EFOBHQHSAN. 20 hO DE LEGEI AUTOIS: EGW EIMI: MH
FOBEISQE. 21 HQELON OUN LABEIN AUTON EIS TO PLOION, KAI EUQEWS
EGENETO TO PLOION EPI THS GHS EIS hHN hUPHGON.
The clause HQELON OUN LABEIN AUTON EIS TO PLOION has been understood
by some as an unfufilled wish but it might better understood as an
answer to QEWROUSIN TON IHSOUN PERIPATOUNTA EPI THS QALASSHS KAI EGGUS
TOU PLOIOU GINOMENON, KAI EFOBHQHSAN. First hOI MAQHATAI were fearful
as IHSOUS approached them but after he spoke to them they were
willing, i.e. HQELON indicating consent in contrast to fear, with no
particular emphasis on desire or wishing. Both *LSJ 479.1 and
*Cunliffe 106.2.a indicate that EQLEW is sometimes used of consent
without the notion of wishing or desire. See also Moffatt's version
"So they agreed to take him on board."
Elizabeth Kline
*Yes, I know these are not NT lexicons.
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