[b-greek] Re: OUKETI in Acts 20:25

From: Polycarp66@aol.com
Date: Mon Dec 10 2001 - 13:59:21 EST


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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 12/10/2001 12:24:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, fconley@airmail.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">When the son said, "I am no longer fit to be called your son" he was not saying, was he, that he would "never again" be fit to be a son? I don't have a problem with going from "no further (after this)" to "no longer." I do have a quarrel with going from "no further" to "never again." Louw and Nida may indeed imply "never again" with their renderings, but I am not certain. Maybe English does not have a good equivalent. I am suggesting that OUKETI (no longer) has reference only to a cessation of something with the future indeterminate, whereas, "never again" has reference to the cessation of something with all future cessation certain. Those are not the same.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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It seems to me that if it were to occur again at some future time, it would then NOT be "no longer" but rather "not now" (OUDE NUN).&nbsp; Perhaps I'm taking a too rigidly logical view of the matter (since when has language been totally logical?).<BR>
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