[b-greek] Re: Matthew 24:40 and 41

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 29 2001 - 16:49:36 EST


At 12:54 PM -0800 11/29/01, B. D. Colt wrote:
>(40) TOTE DUO ESONTAI EN TWi AGRWi , hEIS
>PARALAMBANETAI KAI hEIS AFIETAI: (41) DUO
>ALHQOUSAI EN TWi MULWi , MIA PARALAMBANETAI
>KAI MIA AFIETAI.
>
>Does the use of hEIS in v. 40 and mia in v. 41 have any significance
>beyond a liking for variety?

Not very likely, in my opinion. I would certainly assume an Aramaic
original for this, as (older) idiomatic Greek would surely have something
like hETEROS MEN PARALAMBANETAI, hETEROS D' AFIETAI ... hETERA MEN
PARALAMBANETAI, hETERA D' AFIETAI.

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