[B-Greek] John 2:15--PANTAS ... TA TE PROBATA AND TOUS BOAS
Iver Larsen
iver_larsen at sil.org
Wed Nov 17 23:08:35 EST 2010
> IL:
>
>> In v. 14 we are told that Jesus discovered all the traders and moneychangers.
>> He
>> also saw the cattle, sheep and doves on sale as well as the coins on the
>> tables.
>> He then made a whip and chased them all out of the temple compound. The
>> object
>> is the masculine PANTAS which probably refers to both traders and their
>> animals
>> (not the doves and coins).
>
>
> LJ: And why do you exclude the doves and the coins? Isn't that arbitrary?
No, it is not arbitrary. It is based on two things: context and common sense.
Jesus asked the dove sellers to take their cages out of the compound. He did not
chase or drive the doves out, which he might have done by forcing the cages
open, not by whipping them.
And do you imagine Jesus driving the coins out of the compound by using a whip?
He only scattered them on the ground. It was the money changers he wanted out.
I have no further comment.
Iver Larsen
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