[B-Greek] Titus 1:10-13
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 3 15:10:58 EST 2009
On Mar 3, 2009, at 5:46 AM, rhutchin at aol.com wrote:
> 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
Titus 1:10 Εἰσὶν γὰρ πολλοὶ [καὶ]
ἀνυπότακτοι, ματαιολόγοι καὶ
φρεναπάται, μάλιστα οἱ ἐκ τῆς
περιτομῆς, 11 οὓς δεῖ ἐπιστομίζειν,
οἵτινες ὅλους οἴκους ἀνατρέπουσιν
διδάσκοντες ἃ μὴ δεῖ αἰσχροῦ
κέρδους χάριν. 12 εἶπέν τις ἐξ αὐτῶν
ἴδιος αὐτῶν προφήτης· Κρῆτες ἀεὶ
ψεῦσται, κακὰ θηρία, γαστέρες
ἀργαί. 13 ἡ μαρτυρία αὕτη ἐστὶν
ἀληθής. δι᾿ ἣν αἰτίαν ἔλεγχε
αὐτοὺς ἀποτόμως, ἵνα ὑγιαίνωσιν ἐν
τῇ πίστει, 14 μὴ προσέχοντες
Ἰουδαϊκοῖς μύθοις καὶ ἐντολαῖς
ἀνθρώπων ἀποστρεφομένων τὴν
ἀλήθειαν.
TITUS 1:10 EISIN GAR POLLOI [KAI] ANUPOTAKTOI, MATAIOLOGOI KAI
FRENAPATAI, MALISTA hOI EK THS PERITOMHS, 11 hOUS DEI EPISTOMIZEIN,
hOITINES hOLOUS OIKOUS ANATREPOUSIN DIDASKONTES hA MH DEI AISCROU
KERDOUS CARIN. 12 EIPEN TIS EX AUTWN IDIOS AUTWN PROFHTHS: KRHTES AEI
YEUSTAI, KAKA QHRIA, GASTERES ARGAI. 13 hH MARTURIA hAUTH ESTIN
ALHQHS. DI hHN AITIAN ELEGCE AUTOUS APOTOMWS, hINA hUGIAINWSIN EN THi
PISTEI, 14 MH PROSECONTES IOUDAIKOIS MUQOIS KAI ENTOLAIS ANQRWPWN
APOSTREFOMENWN THN ALHQEIAN.
There is some referential ambiguity (confusion?) here. I would
suggest (tentatively) that the rebuke in v13 address both POLLOI
ANUPOTAKTOI and those influenced by their behavior and/or teaching,
with the primary focus on on the 'hard core' perpetrators. hOUS in
hOUS DEI EPISTOMIZEIN in v. 11a along with hOITINES in hOITINES
hOLOUS OIKOUS ANATREPOUSIN are coreferential with AUTOUS in v. 13b.
The next step in my analysis is a "long shot" (dubious). In regard to
hUGIAINWSIN v.13b, I would suggest (very tentative) that the personal
reference is not exactly identical with the immediately preceding
AUTOUS. In other words, the rebuke is primarily directed at the hard
core group of trouble makers who are perhaps beyond rescue. Paul's
concern is for the correction and rescue of the whole group including
both some of the marginal perpetrators and some who are influenced by
them, while the hard core perpetrators are not expected to change
their ways. The primary target of the rebuke are not the ones who will
benefit most from the rebuke. Those who hear the hard core
perpetrators being rebuked will benefit.
Elizabeth Kline
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