[B-Greek] Mark 12:38-40

Tom Moore tom at katabiblon.com
Fri Jan 2 16:40:32 EST 2009


Can any question about the GNT resolve solely on the punctuation?

If someone were to write "beware wolves who wear sheep's clothing," and someone else later were to add a comma: "beware wolves, who wear sheep's clothing," if it were known that the comma is a later addition, could it be argued absolutely that the statement was originally intended as a generalized statement about wolves, based solely on the presence of the comma? While it is correct that the comma generalizes it, it wasn't in the original statement.

Is this not what we have with the GNT: all punctuation are editorial additions that were not in the original autographs. In which case, the punctuation is great guidance, but by itself not the last word.

Regards,
Tom

>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Nikolaos Adamou <nikolaos.adamou at hotmail.com>
>  Subject: RE: [B-Greek] Mark 12:38-40
>  Sent: Jan 02 '09 20:41
>  
>  The situation is a conditional statement (blepete apo ton grammateon)
>  with six specification (not generalization) in Greek
>  προσδιορισμοί (prosdiorismoi)
>  and a result (hOUTOI LHMYONTAI PERISSOTERON KRIMA)
>  and commas and a semicolon separate these conditions.
>  
>  Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ
>  αὐτοῦ·
>  Βλέπετε ἀπὸ τῶν γραμματέων,
>  (condition)        (comma)
>  τῶν θελόντων ἐν στολαῖς περιπατεῖν,
>  (a - specification)      (comma)
>  καὶ ἀσπασμοὺς ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς,
>  (b - specification)      (comma)
>  39 καὶ πρωτοκαθεδρίας ἐν ταῖς
>  συναγωγαῖς,     (c - specification)      (comma)
>  καὶ πρωτοκλισίας ἐν τοῖς δείπνοις.
>  (d - specification)      (semicolon)
>  40 οἱ κατεσθίοντες τὰς οἰκίας τῶν
>  χηρῶν,      (e - specification)     (comma)
>  καὶ προφάσει μακρὰ προσευχόμενοι!
>  (f - specification)      (exclamation) (R&P have a semicolon)
>  οὗτοι λήψονται περισσότερον κρῖμα.
>  (result)                (period)
>  
>  38 KAI ELEGEN AYTOIS EN TH DIDACH AUTOU,
>  BLEPETE APO TWN GRAMMATEWN,
>  TWN QELONTWN EN STOLAIS PERIPATEIN,
>  KAI ASPASMOUS EN TAIS AGORAIS,
>  39 KAI PRWTOKAQEDRIAS EN TAIS SUNAGWGAIS,
>  KAI PRWTOKLISIAS EN TOIS DEIPNOIS;
>  40 hOI KATESQIONTES TAS OIKIAS TWN CHRWN,
>  KAI PROFASEI MAKRA PROSEUCOMENOI!
>  hOUTOI LHMYONTAI PERISSOTERON KRIMA.
>  >38 Καὶ ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ ἔλεγεν,
>  Βλέπετε ἀπὸ τῶν γραμματέων τῶν
>  θελόντων ἐν στολαῖς περιπατεῖν καὶ
>  ἀσπασμοὺς ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς 39 καὶ
>  πρωτοκαθεδρίας ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ
>  πρωτοκλισίας ἐν τοῖς δείπνοις, 40 οἱ
>  κατεσθίοντες τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν καὶ
>  προφάσει μακρὰ προσευχόμενοι· οὗτοι
>  λήμψονται περισσότερον κρίμα.
>  
>  >38 KAI EN TH DIDACH AUTOU ELEGEN, BLEPETE APO TWN GRAMMATEWN TWN
>  QELONTWN EN STOLAIS PERIPATEIN KAI ASPASMOUS EN TAIS AGORAIS 39 KAI
>  PRWTOKAQEDRIAS EN TAIS SUNAGWGAIS KAI PRWTOKLISIAS EN TOIS DEIPNOIS 40 hOI
>  KATESQIONTES TAS OIKIAS TWN CHRWN KAI PROFASEI MAKRA PROSEUCOMENOI; hOUTOI
>  LHMYONTAI PERISSOTERON KRIMA.
>  
>  
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