[B-Greek] resend: Matt 13:17

Tim Lewis tim.lewis.au at gmail.com
Tue Mar 3 17:49:36 EST 2009


I agree with Carl that the meaning is the same. I suppose that the variation 
here may simply be for the sake of variation (more elegant?), especially as 
it appears amongst poetic speech.

Tim Lewis

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ross Assink" <ross.assink at gmail.com>
To: <B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:39 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] resend: Matt 13:17


>I apologize for my ambiguity.  My question is, why did the author use 
>BLEPETE  once and IDEIN/EIDAN the other times?  Is there some nuance to 
>BLEPW that is not found in EIDW?
>
> thank you,
> Ross
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Carl Conrad
>  To: B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
>  Cc: Ross Assink
>  Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 3:29 AM
>  Subject: Re: [B-Greek] resend: Matt 13:17
>
>
>
>  On Mar 2, 2009, at 5:56 PM, Ross Assink wrote:
>
>  > Please ignore the previous email question:
>  >
>  > Is there any significance to the three uses of "see" in Matthew
>  > 13:17?   When there is only one use of "hear".
>
>  Your question is evidently not about the Greek but about words
>  translated; our focus on this list is strictly with the Greek text.
>
>  The Greek text of the verse in question --
>  Matt. 13:17 ἀμὴν γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι
>  πολλοὶ προφῆται καὶ δίκαιοι
>  ἐπεθύμησαν ἰδεῖν ἃ βλέπετε καὶ οὐκ
>  εἶδαν, καὶ ἀκοῦσαι ἃ ἀκούετε καὶ
>  οὐκ ἤκουσαν. [AMHN GAR LEGW hUMIN hOTI POLLO PROFHTAI KAI
>  DIKAIOI EPEQUMHSAN IDEIN hA BLEPETE KAI OUK EIDAN, KAI AKOUSAI hA
>  AKOUETE KAI OUK AKOUETE.] --
>
>  makes us wonder just what text you have been looking at: BOTH verbs
>  (although the present-tense form BLEPETE is not from the same Greek
>  verb-stem, it doe have the same meaning) are given THREE times:
>
>  SEE: IDEIN, BLEPETE, EIDAN
>  HEAR: AKOUSAI, AKOUETE, AKOUETE
>
>
>  Carl W. Conrad
>  Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
>
>
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