[B-Greek] 2 Peter 3:10

Vasile STANCU stancu at mail.dnttm.ro
Fri Mar 26 12:03:52 EDT 2010


Considering the context of 2Pe 3:10-11, Peter is urging Christians to be as he describes in v. 11 not because they are to marvel at all things disappearing by great heat, 'including γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα': he is rather stressing (acc. to v. 11) on the very high standards of the expected Christian status, given the exceptional seriousness of the changes in the physical world. Therefore, again, I believe that εὑρεθήσεται can very well be in the positive and should be connected to the first part of the verse with the sense of 'make manifest', 'reveal', 'uncover', 'reach' etc. When Obadiah (1:15) speaks about the day of the Lord, he is stressing the judgement of everyone according to his/her own deeds, rather than the fact that terrible things will happen on that occasion.

That εὑρίσκω may convey such meaning, is quite clearly demonstrated by some examples in the OT: Judas says that θεὸς εὗρεν τὴν ἀδικίαν τῶν παίδων σου, and I understand that God did in fact reveal the unrighteousness of a man, rathar than really (searching and) finding it. He also says that he prefers not to see τὰ κακά, ἃ εὑρήσει τὸν πατέρα μου. (Gen 44:16,34). The meaning of εὑρισκω here is very similar with my interpretation of 2Pe 3:10 if we just replaced ἡμέρα κυρίου with τὰ κακά and γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα with τὸν πατέρα μου.

Vasile Stancu


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To: 'Wieland Willker'; 'B-Greek'
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] 2 Peter 3:10

Re-reading now the passage, it seems to me that it is not quite impossible to link directly the last clause (καὶ γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήσεται KAI GH KAI TA EN AUTA ERGA) to the first (Ἥξει δὲ ἡμέρα κυρίου ὡς κλέπτης HCEI DE HMERA KURIOU WS KLEPTHS), thus: Ἥξει δὲ ἡμέρα κυρίου ὡς κλέπτης ... καὶ γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήσεται. HCEI DE HMERA KURIOU WS KLEPTHS ... KAI GH KAI TA EN AUTA ERGA. The meaning of εὑρεθήσεται would then be 'will be found' in the sense that 'they will not escape', 'they cannot hide'.

Vasile Stancu


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From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Wieland Willker
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 8:25 PM
To: B-Greek
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] 2 Peter 3:10

> Why would they do such a thing?


Because they consider the common reading to be too
incomprehensible. 
The new reading is close to a conjectural emendation. It is
supported by Sahidic witnesses and the Philoxenian Syriac. 


Btw, you can find all changes here: 
http://www-user.uni-bremen.de/~wie/ECM/ECM-index.html


Best wishes
    Wieland
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