From: Jim West (jwest@highland.net)
Date: Mon Oct 18 1999 - 18:33:05 EDT
At 01:02 PM 10/18/99 -0400, you wrote:
>The LXX text of the psalm, repeated in the NT is:
>
>EULOHMENOS hO ERCOMENOS EN ONOMATI KURIOU
>
>Which I read as saying:
>
>Blessed [be] the Coming One in the name of the Lord.
>
>Not meaning that the Coming One comes in the name of the Lord, but that
>the Coming One is blessed [by us] in the name of the Lord.
I disagree. Not only does the Hebrew text not allow this reading (as I
pointed out on b-hebrew) but neither does the greek text. The participle
clearly demands "blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord"
>
>In support of this I also offer the Greek text of ~Textus Receptus~ for
>Mk 11:10a which has:
Well it quite frankly is irrelevant what Mark has (assuming, for the same of
argument, the the TR reflects the best reading). The psalmist certainly
didnt interpret Mark!
best,
Jim
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