From: Jeffrey B. Gibson (jgibson000@attbi.com)
Date: Mon Dec 10 2001 - 17:12:49 EST
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"Decker, Rodney" wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font size=-1> Could anyone offer an example
(or a few such) in which the *punctuation* of a NT text (i.e., a punctuation
variant) changes the meaning? I'm looking for clear examples in which the
text could be read (legitimately, not humorously!) in at least two different
ways depending on the way the text is punctuated--and which readings clearly
result in a different meaning (not just a different emphasis or two different
way to say essentially the same thing).</font>
<p><font size=-1>The primary impetus for this query is an English teacher's
query for such an example as she teaches punctuation. I've run across such
examples before (often involving questions, as I recall--though I'd prefer
exs. which hinge on a colon vs coma vs period), but I can't pull up any
off the top of my head at the moment--and I don't have the time to do a
lot of work tracking it down. Who better to ask, I thought, than the b-greek
community where such knowledge is readily available?!</font></blockquote>
There's the Lukan Jesus' remark to the "penitent thief". One of the
Syriac versions has a comma after, not before, "today".
<p>Yours,
<p>Jeffrey Gibson
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