[B-Greek] Luke 2.25, 26 HN KECRHMATISMENON

Mark Lightman lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 12 22:12:38 EDT 2009


(1)  Luke is imitating LXX style where simple parataxis with
KAI's, as in Hebrew, can stand in for subordinate clauses
with a range of meanings.  So you can coordinate these
sentences as subordinate clauses temporally,
in whatever order you want, or causally, or however the
context indicates.
 
(2) I think Simeon, not the Christ, has to be the subject of 
QANEIN.  Otherwise you would need another noun in
the accusative. 
 
Mark L 

--- On Thu, 3/12/09, Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
Subject: [B-Greek] Luke 2.25, 26 HN KECRHMATISMENON
To: "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 6:38 PM


25 KAI IDOU ANQRWPOS HN EN IEROUSALHM Wi ONOMA SUMEWN, KAI hO ANQRWPOS OUTOS
DIKAIOS KAI EULABHS, PROSDECOMENOS PARAKLHSIN TOU ISRAHL, KAI PNEUMA HN AGION EP
AUTON: 26 KAI HN AUTWi KECRHMATISMENON hUPO TOU PNEUMATOS TOU AGIOU MH IDEIN
QANATON PRIN [H] AN IDHi TON CRISTON KURIOU.

1. Was Simeon waiting for the comfort of Israel (whatever that is) BECAUSE it
had been revealed to him that he would see the Messiah before dying? In other
words, can we determine the temporal sequence of events such as to know in which
order these 2 events occurred (Event A = waiting for comfort of Israel; Event B
= revealed to him he would see Messiah)?  

2. Does it indicate whether Simeon would not die or whether the Messiah would
not die before Simeon got a chance to see the Messiah?

Mitch Larramore
Sugar Land, Texas


      
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