[B-Greek] Novice question on Mark 9:29 - What "kind" comes out by prayer - unbelief or a demon
Harold Holmyard
hholmyard3 at earthlink.net
Tue Aug 18 14:17:13 EDT 2009
Kenneth,
> Mark 9:29 -
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> 29 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τοῦτο τὸ γένος ἐν οὐδενὶ δύναται ἐξελθεῖν εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ.
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> 29 KAI EIPEN AUTOIS TOUTO TO GENOS EN OUDENI DUNATAI EXELTHEIN EI ME EN PROSEUCHE
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> 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?
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> Thanks for any and all help!
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HH: The verb EXELTHEIN shows that Jesus is talking about the kind of
demon. That is the standard exorcist term.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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