From: Jim West (jwest@highland.net)
Date: Mon Jan 22 2001 - 15:02:47 EST
At 02:44 PM 1/22/01 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Greetings:
>
>
>
>hO ECWN WTA AKOUETW (Mt. 11:15).
>
> I've always thought this meant something
>like: "Let those who have the spiritual capacity to understand use that
>capacity to grasp the significance of what is being
>said." However, it seems to me that
>some versions (e.g., Phillips, CEV, TEV) make it sound
>
>
>more like: "If you have ears on your head, use
>them!" Where does the actual meaning lie; somewhere between
>these two extremes?
>
i take it as the translations you cite do... i.e., as a call for folk to
listen up. pay attention or the like is a more than adequate translation i
think.
best,
jim
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Adjunct Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Hudson College
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