Epictetus and the New Testament - College of Stoic Philosophers

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—John
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Christ
EPICTETUS AND THE NEW TESTAMENT.
E.
SixTKciXop 8e filial KOL awayayelu
ravra . . . nXrjv ovk ii8vvarov.—Bk.
II., ch. v., § 9.
'
Now it is difficult to blend
N.T.
1
ttXj;!/ Xcyco tijuli/ . . . — Matt,
xi. 22.
' But I say unto you.'
and unite these things . .
but it is not impossible.'
3- M-
In E. and N.T. this Negative very often occurs
where in Classical Greek ov would be found.
a. It is used to introduce a question implying a
doubt, being often combined with t«, e.g. :
E. N.T.
I
fxr] TL ovv ^e^aiov 1
17 r]bovri ;— tl ovtos iariv 6 Xpiaroi ;
Bk. II., ch. xi., § 20. j iv. 29
' '
Can pleasure then be a I Can He possibly be the
steady thing ? '
?
^. With the Participle, whatever the sense, not
only—as in Classical Greek— in a Conditional
sense, e.g;. :
(In a Concessive sense.)
vvv 8e fxr) dvvdixevoL rivfs
TOP -^(oixbv KaranlveLV avvra^iv
dyopdaavres
eiri^dWovrai ecr-
6U1V.—Bk. I., ch. xxvi., § 16.
'But, the fact is, some
men, although they cannot
swallow the morsel, buy and
set themselves to devour a
treatise.'
N.T.
(In a Causal sense.)
/ij) e'xovTos 5e avrov dnodovvM
CKeXevcrev avrov 6 Kvpios
TrpaBrjvai.. . .—Matt, xviii. 25.
'
But, because he had nothing
wherewith to pay, his
master commanded that he
.
should be sold . .