[B-Greek] Providing for the Cast Members
Steve Miller
steve_miller at sil.org
Thu Jan 8 14:05:50 EST 2009
(II P 1:5) Vincent says, "The verb rendered /add/ (EPICORNGNSATE) is
derived from COROS, a /chorus/, such as was employed in the
representation of the Greek tragedies. The verb originally means /to
bear the expense of a chorus/, which was done by a person selected by
the state, who was obliged to defray all the expenses of training and
maintenance. In the New Testament the word has lost this technical
sense, and is used in the sense of /supplying/ or /providing/." Wuest
quotes Vincent on the same verse. Vincent goes on to say that the Greek
means "/to develop one virtue in the exercise of another/."
Is there any indication from the text that maybe Peter did have the
technical sense of providing for cast members in mind? When I read this
sense, I got an image of a believer providing the living expenses for
his own cast members. One cast member is faith, another cast member is
self-control, and so forth. The believer should pay handsomely to have
this chorus to sing out for the watching world.
This is not supported by any of the references I have, so I'm wondering
if I'm reading too much into the text, or if the meaning is really
there. It is a wonderful image to my mind, and I'd love to keep it.
Steve
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