Mark 1:11
Mike Phillips (mphilli3@mail.tds.net)
Sun, 8 Sep 1996 19:24:02 -0700
Most translations take the aorist active indicative 1st sing EUDOKNSA
and render it in a present fashion, i.e., ASV, NRSV and NIV -- "I am well
pleased." BAG has a suggestion regarding the aorist: (s. BWBacon, JBL 20, '01,
28-30). I rendered this verse as follows: "You are my beloved son. In you I
took delight." or, alternatively, "I have delighted in you." Could someone
tell me why this aorist verb should stand in the present in most translations
(26+)? My own suspicion has to do with the charybdis (apologies to Carl if my
classical buffoonery is showing) of an adoptionist reading, but, there is a
great deal I don't know and would welcome any insights from folk who are better
prepared to address the present state of most renderings.
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Mike Phillips
mphilli3@indy.tdsnet.com
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