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Translation and Commentary on The Martyrdom of Polycarp §20.2

Will Nielsen
January 28th, 2008
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Translation

2 And to the Οne who is able to lead us all by his grace and gift into his heavenly kingdom, through his Son, [a] the only begotten Jesus Christ, be glory, honor, power and majesty forever. Greet [b] all the saints. Those with us greet you and the household [c] of Euarestos who wrote down this letter.

[a] παιδὸς see note on §14.1.

[b] προσαγορεύω greet (BAGD, 711).

[c] πανοικεί adverb (παν + οἶκος) describing the girth of the greeting in terms of persons associated with an activity like greeting. Newman glosses this as “with one’s entire household” (Concise Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament, 131). In Acts 16:34 the family of the Philippian jailer, all of whom have come into the Church together rejoiced (πανοικεὶ) as a household that the jailer had believed in God.

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