[B-Greek] Novice question on Mark 9:29 - What "kind" comes out by prayer - unbelief or a demon

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 18 14:15:55 EDT 2009


I would suggest consulting a good lexicon -- namely BDAG.  While there are several uses of γένος [GENOS], all but one of them will immediately be excluded by the context.  The only one which really seems fitting is #4 entities united by common traits,class, kind .


george
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Subject: [B-Greek] Novice question on Mark 9:29 - What "kind" comes out by prayer - unbelief or a demon

Mark 9:29 - 
  
29 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τοῦτο τὸ γένος ἐν οὐδενὶ δύναται ἐξελθεῖν εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ. 

29 KAI EIPEN AUTOIS TOUTO TO GENOS EN OUDENI DUNATAI EXELTHEIN EI ME EN PROSEUCHE

I am hoping that someone might give me some guidance as to the use of γένος (genos) in this passage.  Is there any way of knowing grammatically whether or not it is referring to unbelief or to a demon, or is it ambiguous grammatically and thus a matter of interpretation?

Thanks for any and all help!

Kenneth Bent
ken at cotr.com


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