>Gospel of Peter 10 (line 10 in Swete; v. 46 in Mara) has: > >APOKRIQEIS hO PEILATOS EFH EGW KAQAREUW TOU hAIMATOS TOU hUIOU TOU QEOU, hUMIN >DE TOUTO EDOCEN. > >Does anyone have any good ideas about how to translate the last clause? M.R. >Swete renders "but this was your pleasure" in his translation. In his notes he >has "the sentence was yours, not mine": compare Matt. 26.66: TI hUMIN DOKEI." >M. R. James has "but thus it seemed good unto you". BAGD do list "it seems >best to me, I decide" as possible for DOKEW but only in the category "with >infinitive following" (e.g. Luke 1.3). > >Grateful for any input, > >Mark Mark, I take it that Montague Rhodes James read it in the light of the use of the verb DOKEW in legal contexts, as in Acts 15:25, to mean that a decision was taken. In the assemblies of Greek cities it was the verb used to indicate the passing of legislation: EDOXEN THi BOULHi KAI TWi DEMWI. The GP suggests that the Jews must take responsibility for the decision to crucify Jesus. This coheres with the developing anti-Judaism of the second century church, as in Melito's Paschal Homily. Yoou might want to look at H.l B. Swete's edition of the GP and the ApP, pukblished soon after the discovery of the papyrus. Mishawaka++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Edgar Krentz Professor of New Testament Emeritus Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago 1100 E. 55th Street Chicago, IL 60615 USA 773-256-0752 e-mail:FFFF,0000,0000 ekrentz@lstc.edu (Office) GHRASKW AEI POLLA DIDASKOMENOS.Mishawaka +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --- B-Greek home page: http://sunsite.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-329W@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu