Acts 19: 12 επι τους ασθενουντας επιφερεσθαι
Posted: January 10th, 2014, 1:10 pm
It seems like επι τους ασθενουντας επιφερεσθαι implies that the articles were put into physical contact with the person to be healed. Why doesn't this appear in the translations based on the Byzantine text form? Tyndale, KJV "brought unto the sick" NKJV "to the sick." I checked Danker 3rd Ed. who appeared to allow for both meanings. It looks to me like the scenario requires physical contact with Paul followed up by physical contact with the person to be healed. ἐπιτίθημι would have been a better word to nail this down which is why I am only suggesting this is an implication. Perhaps the the accusative case weighs against this inference επι τους ασθενουντας.
Not interested in the question of what is the original reading. Rather what does the the reading found in Bezae and Byzantine text mean?
Not interested in the question of what is the original reading. Rather what does the the reading found in Bezae and Byzantine text mean?
Bezae Acts (Cambridge)[1] 19:12
ωστε και επι τους ασθενουντας
επιφερεσθαι απο του χρωτος αυτου
σουδαρια η και σιμικινθια
και απαλλασσεσθαι απ αυτων τας νοσους
τα τε πνα τα πονηρα εκπορευεσθαι
Robinson-Pierpont 2005 Acts 19:12
ωστε και επι τους ασθενουντας
επιφερεσθαι απο του χρωτος αυτου
σουδαρια η σιμικινθια
και απαλλασσεσθαι απ αυτων τας νοσους
τα τε πνευματα τα πονηρα εξερχεσθαι απ αυτων
[1] http://epapers.bham.ac.uk/1663/1/Bezae% ... xml#B02K16