[B-Greek] Please help with LK 1:54

nebarry at verizon.net nebarry at verizon.net
Thu Dec 10 13:19:10 EST 2009



Original Message:
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From: Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:09:00 -0500
To: jayadkins264 at gmail.com, b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Please help with LK 1:54


>>"Child" doesn't really belong here at all; this is the standard usage of
PAIS in the sense of "servant" -- very much like French gar�on, or
erstwhile American usage of "boy" for "servant."<<

I think an argument can be made that Luke is using the term with studied
ambiguity in this context, but that's a discussion that takes us away from
the Greek.  Of course, if any one wants to pursue it on bibexigesis...  :)

Barry


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