From: Peter Smithers (smithersp@aol.com)
Date: Mon Dec 10 2001 - 17:39:51 EST
Interestingly the Jehovah Witnesses use this punctuation to support their
belief in "soul-sleep". See "New World Translation of the Holy
Scriptures" Luke 23:43.
Peter Smithers
Research and Training Officer
Word of Life, UK
> "Decker, Rodney" wrote:
>
> > 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).
> >
> > 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?!
>
> There's the Lukan Jesus' remark to the "penitent thief". One of the
> Syriac versions has a comma after, not before, "today".
>
> Yours,
>
> Jeffrey Gibson
>
>
>
>
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