[B-Greek] Romans 13:3

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Tue May 31 03:34:36 EDT 2011


NA25 had a question mark and a note that Westcott preferred a comma. NA26 or 
(N27) changed to follow Westcott, but why they did so is not clear to me. It 
reads as a question. The function of the rhetorical question is equivalent to a 
conditional clause (If you want not to fear the authority, then do the good 
thing.)

Iver Larsen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "A. J. Birch" <AJB1212 at ono.com>
To: "B-Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: 31. maj 2011 09:13
Subject: [B-Greek] Romans 13:3


"hOI GAR ARCONTES OUK EISIN FOBOS TWi AGAQWi ERGWi ALLA TWi KAKWi. QELEIS DE MH 
FOBEISQAI THN EXOUSIAN· TO AGAQON POIEI, KAI hEXEIS EPAINON EX AUTHS" (Romans 
13:3).

The second part of this verse is punctuated as a statement. Is it more likely to 
be a statement or a question?

Thankyou,

Andrew J. Birch
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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