agapao and phileo - a split word? hopefully...

[Larry Kelsey]

Any luck so far Akhi Larry?

Shlama Akhi Chris,

I've been looking through Matthew and Mark to see what I could find. Ironically, I found a place where "w'Rakhmiy"-- ("and love")--is ignored by the Greek translators.
Yeah, that's right...you heard me...well, actually "love" is in italics (in the KJV)...but italics are for those words that are supposedly not in the original. How about that? Zorba gets himself in trouble by what he does and does not say! The passage is Mark 12:38. Here it is from akhan Paul's interlinear---

"and in his teaching he say would to them beware of the scribes who like ([font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]Nybcd[/font]) to walk in long robes and love ([font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]Nymxrw[/font]) a greeting in the streets."

Since neither 'agape' or 'phileo' were used to translate "[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]Nymxrw[/font]" the ASV translators wound up making another guess besides the 'love' guess we see in the KJV!
Here's the ASV---

Mar 12:38 And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and to have salutations in the marketplaces,

Well...when ya gotta guess...there's no telling what you'll come up with! :roll: <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/laugh.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laugh" /><!-- s:lol: --> <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/poketoungeb.gif" alt="" title="Poke Tounge" /><!-- s -->

Shlama w'Burkate, Larry Kelsey