Re: Jn 2:4, TI EMOI KAI SOI, GUNAI;

Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Tue, 14 Oct 1997 11:22:49 -0500

At 10:40 AM -0500 10/14/97, Paul S. Dixon wrote:
>Does anybody have any helpful insights as to the meaning of these words
>spoken by Christ to His mother in Jn 2:4, TI EMOI KAI SOI, GUNAI?
>
>Anything like this in other Koine, Septuagintal or Classical literature?
>
>Paul Dixon

Howzabout Mark 1:24 TI hHMIN KAI SOI, IHSOU NAZARHNE?

I was taught and have always thought that the sense is, "What common
concern have you and I [or in Mark, "we and you"]?" or "What have you and I
to say to each other?"

Carl W. Conrad
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