[B-Greek] Titus 1:10-13

rhutchin at aol.com rhutchin at aol.com
Tue Mar 3 08:46:35 EST 2009


In Titus 1:10-13, we read:

10  EISIN GAR POLLOI ANUPOTAKTOI MATAIOLOGOI KAI FRENAPATAI MALIOTA hOI EK THS PERITOMHS

11  hOUS DEI EPISTOMIZEIN, hOITIVES hOLOUS OIKOUS ANATREPOUSIN DIDASKONTES hA MH DEI AISCROU KERDOUS CARIN.

12  EIPEN TIS EX AUTWN IDIOS AUTWN PROFHTHS...

13  hH MARTURIA hAUTH ESTIN ALHQHS DI hHN AITIAN ELEGCE AUTOIS APOTOMWS...

I have read the commentaries and have some questions.

1.  In v 12, do we take AUTWN (in both instances) to refer back to the POLLOI ANUPOTAKTOI and MALIOTA hOI EK THS PERITOMHS.  If not, what is the antecendent?

2.  Can we read v 12 to be an example of these MATAIOLOGOI are saying?

3.  In v 13, must  hH MARTURIA hAUTH ESTIN ALHQHS refer only to v 12 or can it refer to all that Paul says in v 10-13?

4.  To whom does Paul refer when he says, ELEGCE AUTOIS APOTOMWS?  Does AUTOIS take us back to the POLLOI ANUPOTAKTOI of v 10 as opposed to the Cretians of v 12 (which seems to be what the commentaries say)?  If Titus was to reprove the Cretians (following the commentaries), don’t we have Paul agreeing with the POLLOI ANUPOTAKTOI when he seems to be speaking against them.

Roger Hutchinson



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