[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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