[B-Greek] John3 3,7 revisited ?born again?
frank boumphrey
koinebible at gmail.com
Mon Apr 20 21:54:15 EDT 2009
My question is how did γεννηθῇ ἄνωθεν - GENNHQHi ANWQEN get its translation
in the KJV and its immitators of 'born again'?
In several translations γεννηθῇ ἄνωθεν - GENNHQHi ANWQEN is translated as
'born again'' rather than 'born from above'. My (Intermediate) Liddel and
Scott also gives this tanslation for NT. More recent translations that I
checked give the (?correct)translation 'from above'.
ἀπεκρίθη ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω σοι, ἐὰν μή τις γεννηθῇ
ἄνωθεν, οὐ δύναται ἰδεῖν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ.
APEKRIQH IHSOUS KAI EIPEN AUTWi, AMHN AMHN LEGW SOI, EAN MH TIS GENNHQHi
ANWQEN, OU DUNATAI IDEIN THN BASILEIAN TOU QEOU.
Of the other ?13 occurences in the NT only John 3,3 and John 7
μὴ θαυμάσῃς ὅτι εἶπόν σοι, δεῖ ὑμᾶς γεννηθῆναι ἄνωθεν.
MH QAUMASHiS hOTI EIPON SOI, DEI UMAS GENNHQHNAI ANWQEN.
are given this translation by the KJV and immitators. I havn't checked out
the LXX
and Galatians 4 9 KJV translates it as 'anew'
νῦν δὲ γνόντες θεόν, μᾶλλον δὲ γνωσθέντες ὑπὸ θεοῦ, πῶς ἐπιστρέφετε πάλιν
ἐπὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ καὶ πτωχὰ στοιχεῖα, οἷς πάλιν ἄνωθεν δουλεύειν θέλετε;
NUN DE GNONTES QEON, MALLON DE GNWSQENTES UPO QEOU, PWS EPISTREFETE PALIN
EPI TA ASQENH KAI PTWXA STOIXEIA, hOIS PALIN ANWQEN DOULEUEIN QELETE;
although here the more usual sense of 'from the begining' would fit
perfectly well.
Is this just a case of copying from older Translations or am I missing
something?
Frank Boumphrey
koinebible at gmail.com
www.biblegreek.net
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