[B-Greek] Matthew 26:64 συ ειπας
George F Somsel
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Fri Oct 23 17:34:10 EDT 2009
It would seem that to categorize the use of πλὴν PLHN as a negation is contradicted by the usage. Take Mt 11.21-22 as an example
21οὐαί σοι, Χοραζίν, οὐαί σοι, Βηθσαϊδά·ὅτι εἰ ἐν Τύρῳ καὶ Σιδῶνι ἐγένοντο αἱ δυνάμεις αἱ γενόμεναι ἐν ὑμῖν, πάλαι ἂν ἐν σάκκῳ καὶ σποδῷ μετενόησαν.22πλὴνλέγω ὑμῖν, Τύρῳ καὶ Σιδῶνι ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως ἢ ὑμῖν.
21 OUAI SOI, XOAZIN, OUAI SOI, BHQSAÏDA, hORI EI TURWi KAI SIDWNI EGENONTO hAI DUNAMEIS hAI GENOMENAI EN hUMIN, PALAI AN EN SAKKWi KAI SPODWi METENOHSAN. 22 PLHN LEGW hUMIN, TURWi KAI SIDWNI ANEKTOTERON ESTAI EN hHMERAi KRISEWS H hUMIN.
The section following PLHN here does not negate the previous but rather assumes it and builds upon it to show that the guilt of Chorazin and Bethsaida were greater than the notorious Tyre and Sidon (See Is 23).
george
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From: Elizabeth Kline <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net>
To: Cornell Machiavelli <cornellmachiavelli at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Fri, October 23, 2009 2:15:29 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Matthew 26:64 συ ειπας
On Oct 22, 2009, at 1:57 PM, Cornell Machiavelli wrote:
> How would we understand συ ειπας here? Does the use of
> πλην shortly thereafter help us determine the contrast between
> the answer (first clause) and the following clause? In fact, why the
> use of PLHN here?
the text again
Matt. 26:63 ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἐσιώπα. καὶ ὁ
ἀρχιερεὺς εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἐξορκίζω σε
κατὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος ἵνα ἡμῖν
εἴπῃς εἰ σὺ εἶ ὁ χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς
τοῦ θεοῦ. 64 λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς·
σὺ εἶπας. πλὴν λέγω ὑμῖν· ἀπ᾿ ἄρτι
ὄψεσθε τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου
καθήμενον ἐκ δεξιῶν τῆς δυνάμεως
καὶ ἐρχόμενον ἐπὶ τῶν νεφελῶν τοῦ
οὐρανοῦ. 65 τότε ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς
διέρρηξεν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ λέγων·
ἐβλασφήμησεν· τί ἔτι χρείαν ἔχομεν
μαρτύρων; ἴδε νῦν ἠκούσατε τὴν
βλασφημίαν· 66 τί ὑμῖν δοκεῖ; οἱ δὲ
ἀποκριθέντες εἶπαν· ἔνοχος θανάτου
ἐστίν..
.
MATT. 26:63 hO DE IHSOUS ESIWPA. KAI hO ARCIEREUS EIPEN AUTWi·
EXORKIZW SE KATA TOU QEOU TOU ZWNTOS hINA hHMIN EIPHiS EI SU EI hO
CRISTOS hO hUIOS TOU QEOU. 64 LEGEI AUTWi hO IHSOUS· SU EIPAS. PLHN
LEGW hUMIN· AP᾿ ARTI OYESQE TON hUION TOU ANQRWPOU KAQHMENON EK
DEXIWN THS DUNAMEWS KAI ERCOMENON EPI TWN NEFELWN TOU OURANOU. 65 TOTE
hO ARCIEREUS DIERRHXEN TA hIMATIA AUTOU LEGWN· EBLASFHMHSEN· TI ETI
CREIAN ECOMEN MARTURWN; IDE NUN HKOUSATE THN BLASFHMIAN· 66 TI hUMIN
DOKEI; hOI DE APOKRIQENTES EIPAN· ENOCOS QANATOU ESTIN.
.
The search of TLG-E seems to indicate that SU EIPAS in answer to a
question was NOT an established greek idiom. I appears to function in
the passion narratives as a means for throwing a question back at
questioner without giving a definite answer. The particle PLHN is used
to sweep aside the question without further comment on it and refocus
on some other issue. It probably implies here that the framing of the
question and assumptions of hO ARCIEREUS made either a yes or no
response unacceptable because the question itself was imbedded a
complex set of assumptions (cognitive framework) which Jesus didn't
accept. The particle PLHN does not always imply a simple negation of
previous statement.
.
65 TOTE hO ARCIEREUS DIERRHXEN TA hIMATIA AUTOU LEGWN· EBLASFHMHSEN·
TI ETI CREIAN ECOMEN MARTURWN; IDE NUN HKOUSATE THN BLASFHMIAN
.
The response of hO ARCIEREUS to Jesus answer does not tell us at what
point in Jesus reply the EBLASFHMHSEN occurred. It seems highly
probable that the EBLASFHMHSEN charge was focused on the words after
PLHN, specifically KAQHMENON EK DEXIWN THS DUNAMEWS KAI ERCOMENON EPI
TWN NEFELWN TOU OURANOU. For a detailed discussion of this see D.Bock
[2000 p200].
The commentaries I checked, R.T.France (Matt, 2007), A.Plummer (Matt.
1909?), L.Morris (Matt. 1992) all agreed that SU EIPAS is ambiguous.
Elizabeth Kline
[1] Bock, Darrell L. Blasphemy and exaltation in Judaism and the final
examination of Jesus : a philological-historical study of the key
Jewish themes impacting Mark 14:61-64 / Darrell L. Bock. Tübingen :
Mohr Siebeck, c1998. xiv, 285 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN 3-16-147052-4 [Baker
Academic 2000 reprint]
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