[B-Greek] "do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me."

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 13 06:14:21 EST 2009


I think the present progressive used by the ISV is a bit of overkill.  Presumably the drinking is a momentary event (which is repeated) so that the remembrance is tied to the momentary event and would not seem to warrant the use of the progressive.  Again, with the GWT (what's that?) "every time" seems a bit of overkill.  There may not be any significant difference between "every time" and "as often as", but it does seem to overdo it a bit.  Of course, we all know that this list is not about translation, don't we?
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From: Carl Unger <carlunger at gmail.com>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 1:43:25 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] "do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me."

"WSAUTWS KAI TO POTHRION META TO DEIPNHSAI LEGWN TOUTO TO POTHRION H KAINH
DIAQHKH ESTIN EN TW EMW AIMATI TOUTO POIEITE OSAKIS EAN PINHTE EIS THN EMHN
ANAMNHSIN"

I'm talking about the latter part of 1 Corinthians 11:25. I am wondering if
the ISV and GTW convey the message properly.

The ISV translates it:
*As often as you drink from it, keep doing this in memory of me."*

The GTW translates it:
*Every time you drink from it, do it to remember me."

*They have been translated that way to make it easier to understand. Do
these translations convey the message accurately? *
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