[B-Greek] He is Risen
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sat Apr 3 04:31:21 EDT 2010
On Apr 3, 2010, at 1:11 AM, Davis Prickett wrote:
> In light of Easter I was wondering what would be the Greek equivalent
> of our phrase "he is risen.... he is risen indeed."
>
> Looking at some passages (esp. Lk 24:34) I would think it would be
> HGERQH... ONTWS HGERQH. But there is also the use of ANESTH, but
> HGERQH seems to be used a lot more. Would there be any real difference
> between these two words?
The standard liturgical greeting is:
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη CRISTOS ANESTH
And the response is:
᾿Ανέστη ἀληθῶς ANESTH ALHQWS
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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