[B-Greek] "IDOU" in Luke 13:16

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 15 07:05:43 EDT 2011


I would suggest that IDOU is here being used to call attention to the length of 
time involved.
②marker of strong emphasis, seeused w. a noun without a finite verb, as in our 
colloquial ‘see!’ ‘what do you know!’ ‘of all things!’ ‘wonder of wonders!’ 

BDAG

 george
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From: A. J. Birch <AJB1212 at ono.com>
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Sent: Tue, March 15, 2011 12:10:39 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] "IDOU" in Luke 13:16

"TAUTHN DE QUGATERA ABRAAM OUSAN, HN EDHSEN O SATANAS IDOU DEKA KAI OKTW ETH, 
OUK EDEI LUQHNAI APO TOU DESMOU TOUTOU THi HMERAi TOU SABBATOU;" (Luke 13:16).

I've just read this chapter and it struck me that the place in the sentence and 
the use of the word "IDOU" were somewhat different from the normal usage. (I 
don't mean that the meaning is different.) "IDOU" usually seems to come early on 
in sentences, whereas here it comes in the middle of a sentence, somewhat 
unexpectedly? Any comments?

Andrew J. Birch
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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