[B-Greek] eis in Luke 11:7
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon May 14 15:38:20 EDT 2007
On May 14, 2007, at 3:21 PM, Jerry Reimer wrote:
> Dear Sirs,
>
> Is the presence of eis in Luke 11:7 (literally: into the bed) an
> example of the movement of the language toward Modern Greek in
> which eis has pushed en out of the language ( at least out of
> Demotic and maybe out of Kathareusa [I am not knowledgeable about
> what is or is not in Kathareusa and vice-versa with regard to
> Demotic])?
>
> Someone has suggested to me that this is possibly a pregnant
> construction presupposing movement (having come and gotten into
> bed, they are there in it) rather than an example of linguistic
> change with eis already subsuming en from time to time even in the
> first century. As you know Zerwick points out this phenomenon
> (eis=en in some places in the NT. Is this one of them?
It would help to have the relevant text:
Luke 11:7 ... HDH hH QURA KEKLEISTAI KAI TA PAIDIA MOU MET MOU EIS
THN KOITHN EISIN ...
I think you've hit the nail on the head. BDAG lists Lk 11:7 under
EIS 1.a.delta: δ. of a position within a certain area be at, be in,
be on EIS is freq. used where EN would be expected.
And yes, this is indeed another illustration of the proposition that
the Koine Greek of the NT is a language in flux: both archaic and
advanced usages and forms are present.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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