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

Louis Sorenson llsorenson at hotmail.com
Sat Feb 27 07:39:18 EST 2010


FYI all, this was an attempt at humor. Obviously, no one got it.

Louis Sorenson.

> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Matt 18:28 time and the imperfect
> From: cwconrad2 at mac.com
> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:17:09 -0500
> CC: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org; llsorenson at hotmail.com
> To: lightmanmark at yahoo.com
> 
> 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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