[B-Greek] Matt 18:28 time and the imperfect

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sat Feb 27 07:17:09 EST 2010


On Feb 27, 2010, at 5:30 AM, Mark Lightman wrote:
> Louis wrote:
>  
> <I read APODOS EI TI OFEILEIS. as
> 
> Ἀποδος. εἶ τὶ οφείλεις 
> 
> You are what you owe.
> 
> ἁμαρτάνω; AMARTANW; >
>  
>  
> Hi, Louis,
>  
> Hmm?  A new ad campaign for Visa?
>  
> Yes, Markos says you miss the Mark.  :)


Lest there be any confusion remaining after all these
missiles flung and flailing and missing their mark, 
 the text here says 

ἀπόδος εἴ τι ὀφείλεις [APODOS EI TI OFEILEIS] 

not ἀπόδος,, εἶ τι ὀφείλεις [APODOS, EI)= OFEILEIS]

EI TI OFEILEIS = "if you owe something" = "whatever you owe"

This is one of those instances where breathing and accents are
essential to distinguish two very different words: 
εἰ [EI)  "if"      εἶ [EI)= "you are" (sg.)

Carl W. Conrad


> --- On Fri, 2/26/10, Louis Sorenson <llsorenson at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Louis Sorenson <llsorenson at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Matt 18:28 time and the imperfect
> To: jayadkins264 at gmail.com, "B-Greek List mail to all" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Friday, February 26, 2010, 8:12 PM
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> From: Jay Adkins <jayadkins264 at gmail.com>
>> Matt 18:28 EXELQWN DE O DOULOS EKEINOS EUREN ENA TWN SUNDOULWN AUTOU, OS
>> WFEILEN AUTW EKATON DHNARIA, KAI KRATHSAS AUTON EPVIGEN LEYWN APODOS EI TI
>> OFEILEIS.
> 
>> Matt 18:28 (NASU) "But that slave went out and found one of his fellow
>> slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and he seized him and [began] to
>> choke [him], saying, `Pay back what you owe.'
> 
> I read APODOS EI TI OFEILEIS. as
> 
> Ἀποδος. εἶ τὶ οφείλεις 
> 
> You are what you owe.
> 
> ἁμαρτάνω; AMARTANW; 
> 
> Λεωνιδας  LEWNIDAS
> Louis Sorenson

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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