[B-Greek] Ephesians 2:1 -- ontas
nikolaos kadamou
ntgreekreader at gmail.com
Tue Nov 2 10:19:04 EDT 2010
Very good point Roger, maybe because we need to use the original language in
its appropriate text.
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Roger Greene <roger.greene at comcast.net>wrote:
> Eph 2:1 -- Καὶ ὑμᾶς ὄντας νεκρούς τοῖς παραπτώμασιν καὶ ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις
> ὑμῶν,
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> KAI hUMAS ONTAS NEKROUS TOIS PARAPTWMASIN KAI TAIS hHAMARTIAIS hUMWN
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> The ὄντας is present active participle:
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> And you being dead to the trespasses and to the sins of you…
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> Why is it translated in virtually all the versions as:
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> “And you were dead in your trespasses and sins”
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> Thanks…
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> RAGreene
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