[B-Greek] πᾶσαι = only two in Matt. 13.56?

Mark Goodacre goodacre at duke.edu
Wed Mar 9 17:31:22 EST 2011


On 9 March 2011 01:43, Alastair Haines <haines at alastairs.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the question. This was new to me.
> Mark Lightman prompted me to check.
> BDAG
> PAS, PASA, PAN 1d
> subst.--a. PANTES, PASAI all, everyone
> (even when only two are involved = both;
> Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 27 s105 [Caesar and Pompey])
> Something seems amis with the reference (or my reading of it).
> I cannot find the word at
> http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0231%3Abook%3D2%3Achapter%3D15%3Asection%3D105

Thanks;  I'd missed that.  I managed to chase the reference down to
App. BC 2.4.27:

ἐνισταμένων δὲ πολλῶν ὡς οὐκ ἴσον διὰ τὸ μήπω τὸν χρόνον ἐξήκειν τῷ
Πομπηίῳ, σαφέστερον ὁ Κουρίων ἤδη καὶ τραχύτερον ἀπεγύμνου μὴ χρῆναι
μηδὲ Καίσαρι πέμπειν διαδόχους, εἰ μὴ καὶ Πομπηίῳ δοῖεν: ὄντων γὰρ
αὐτῶν ἐς ἀλλήλους ὑπόπτων οὔπω τῇ πόλει τὴν εἰρήνην ἔσεσθαι βεβαίαν,
εἰ μὴ *πάντες* ἰδιωτεύσειαν.

"Many opposed this as unjust, because Pompey's term had not yet
expired. Then Curio came out more openly and decidedly against
appointing successors to Cæsar unless Pompey also should lay down his
command; for since they were both suspicious of each other, he
contended that there could be no lasting peace to the commonwealth
unless *both* were reduced to the character of private citizens
(Horace White translation)."

It doesn't provide a good analogy for the alleged possibility of two
in Matt. 13.56, though. Here, it is clear that Appian is talking about
Pompey and Caesar in context.  In Matt. 13.56 there is no previous
mention of Mary and Salome (or whoever) to make PASAI plausibly mean
"both".

Cheers
Mark
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