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Bible Translators Often Alter the Order of the Greek Phrases (1 Thess 2:14)

Thursday, May 21

Sometimes a Bible translator must alter the order of the Greek phrases so the English isn't confusing or miscommunicates. A good example is in 1 Thess 2:14. The majority of even the formal equivalent translations alter the phrase order, which illustrates why formal equivalent translations are not always transparent to the Greek.

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Was Paul Chiding the Thessalonians? (2 Thess 2:5)

Monday, May 25

One of the beauties of Greek is that it is possible to indicate the expected answer to a question. A question prefaced by οὐ means the intended expected answer is “yes,” and μή shows that the expected answer is “no.” While we can do the same thing in English, it is pretty clunky and so most translations under-translate questions, not giving the expected answer.

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Greek Word of the Day

αὐτός

αὐτός means “he, she, it (they, them).”

“αὐτός will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire” (Matt 3:11).

Pronoun: αὐτός (autos), GK 899 (S G846, G847, G848), 5,597x. αὐτός is generally used as the third person pronoun (“he, she, it”), but also as the identical (“same”) and intensive (e.g., Jesus “himself”) pronouns.

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The dictionary entry is from my book, Mounce’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, which can be purchased in print ( Amazon | ChristianBook.com ) and electronic ( Logos | Accordance | Olive Tree ) form.

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