[B-Greek] Luke 2:2
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sat Aug 15 04:46:13 EDT 2009
On Aug 14, 2009, at 10:41 PM, Ken Bouchard wrote:
> anyone got anything to say about Luke 2:2 where governING is
> translated as governOR in all major translations?
We ordinarily cite the text when discussing this sort of question:
Luke 2:2 αὕτη ἀπογραφὴ πρώτη ἐγένετο
ἡγεμονεύοντος τῆς Συρίας Κυρηνίου.
hAUTH APOGRAFH PRWTH EGENETO hHGEMONEUONTOS THS SURIAS KURHNIOU.
This would appear to be a question about English translation rather
than a question about the Greek text. The verb here in the genitive
absolute participial form (ἡγεμονεύοντος
[hHGEMONEUONTOS]) means "be/function as hHGEMWN." What is it that
you're faulting in the translations? Do you suppose that "being
governor" means something different from "governing"?
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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