[B-Greek] Matt 18:28 time and the imperfect
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sat Feb 27 07:50:32 EST 2010
On Feb 27, 2010, at 7:39 AM, Louis Sorenson wrote:
>
> FYI all, this was an attempt at humor. Obviously, no one got it.
I did think it was humor, but I also thought some people would be confused.
The same thing happened to me yesterday with my effort at humor.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
>
> 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
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