[B-Greek] Jn.4:23,24

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Wed May 5 00:50:44 EDT 2010


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Lightman" <lightmanmark at yahoo.com>
To: "Robert George" <4examp at gmail.com>; "B-Greek Lists" 
<b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: 5. maj 2010 04:55
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Jn.4:23,24


> Hi, Robert,
>
> This is a good question.
>
> The difference could be understood in terms of a locative (in)
> versus an instrumental (with) dative.  I just checked the translations
> and I was surprised to find that none (except I guess the New World) have 
> "with."

But EN is not a choice between locative or instrumental. Here it is worship in 
the spere of the Spirit or as L&N suggest, a state, being in a spiritual state. 
(They have 21 different semantic categeories for EN). That is why "with" is not 
used by most translations. I would accept "as helped/inspired by the Spirit" 
which may be what your Modern Greek is aiming at.

Iver Larsen




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