Re: Luke 3:21-22

Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Fri, 8 Nov 1996 18:38:00 +0000

At 12:38 PM -0600 11/8/96, evans@mail.gld.com wrote:
>Carl,
>
>Thank you for your insight. I am still not sure about the mechanics
>that necessitate the construction, or choice of construction Luke
>makes, but I can live with the explanation! In fact it seems to make
>sense even if it is not what I would have anticipated.

Well, Paul, I'm not sure that others would have explained it the same way; I was really hoping that one or more others would suggest a solution. It's my own belief, however, that Luke really was following the lead of what had developed as a standard narrative technique in the Greek version of Old Testament narrative.

Regards, Carl