[B-Greek] Walking on Water
Andrew C. Suttles
andrew.suttles at gmail.com
Thu Mar 4 14:45:21 EST 2010
Richard Lindeman wrote (on Thu, 4 Mar 2010 at 13:10 -0600):
> PERIPATWN EPI THS THALASSHS Mark 6:46
>
> I've been having a discussion with a friend who contends that Jesus is
> walking "by the sea" in the above passage rather than walking "upon the
> sea". I see that elsewhere St. Mark uses PARA THN THALASSAN when referring
> to Jesus as walking "by the sea" to call the first disciples. I also notice
> also that the disciples of Jesus KATEBHSAN EPI THN THALASSAN in John 6:16.
> This seems to me to imply that the disciples went down to the very edge of
> the water in order to enter the boat.
>
> So then, my question is this... Just how plausible is "walking by the sea"
> in Mark 6:46 ?
It's not, but we didn't need the Greek to find that out did we? Tell your friend
to stick to good English translations for a while.
Andrew
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