tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401830411147364284.post3348719666883679867..comments2024-03-18T19:05:39.072-07:00Comments on Morphosis: Google Translate's Sermon on the MountAdam Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803399373213872690noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401830411147364284.post-66823865902737190652018-08-16T07:36:06.174-07:002018-08-16T07:36:06.174-07:00Right. I was thinking (vaguely & irrelevantly)...Right. I was thinking (vaguely & irrelevantly) of the etymology of the word 'martyr', which originally meant 'witness'.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401830411147364284.post-5612780734717986842018-08-16T05:07:55.357-07:002018-08-16T05:07:55.357-07:00That is interesting, isn't it (as is your post...That is interesting, isn't it (as is your post, or, I should say, are your posts, on this verse). <em>Martyrs</em> seems *just about* possible as a reading, since the Grk is <a href="https://biblehub.com/greek/penthountes_3996.htm" rel="nofollow">οἱ πενθοῦντες</a>, from πένθος which does quite simply mean 'grief, sorrow; mourning; a misery, misfortune'. Adam Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15803399373213872690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5401830411147364284.post-79418439937513825812018-08-16T03:48:11.024-07:002018-08-16T03:48:11.024-07:00Good heavens. Is it very idiomatic first-century G...Good heavens. Is it very idiomatic first-century Greek?<br /><br />I was puzzling over<br /><br />"Blessed are the martyrs that they are called."<br /><br />(5:4 is a fascinating verse however you translate it - I've written a bit about it <a href="https://gapingsilence.wordpress.com/2017/07/07/to-you-with-regard-1/" rel="nofollow">here</a> and in subsequent posts)<br /><br />but that's actually one of the better renderings here; at least you can see how they got there ("martyrs" = witnesses = people who have seen suffering; "called" = called upon = visited).<br /><br />Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.com