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NASB | Acts 16:10 When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 16:10 And when he had seen the vision, we (including Luke) tried to go on into Macedonia at once, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. |
Subject: Apostles wrote the NT or the Greeks?? |
Bible Note: lionheart I agree with what you said. Anna 91's original question "if the Apostles wrote the New Testament why do some say it is interpreted from the Greeks" most likely means she misheard "from the Greek" which I answered with "The New Testament we have is translated from Greek." I then tried to proceed with her actual question with how you might attempt to answer it. If someone asked me now if someone was Greek I would assume they meant where they or their ancestors came from. This is not how "Greek" is apparently is used in the New Testament which we can look at later. Since people travel obviously where they are at any given time doesn't determine their nationality. The quality of someones Greek writing can also not be used to determine if they were of Greek nationality. The opinions I have seen puts the written Greek of Luke, Acts and Hebrews at the higher end and Revelation at the low end of quality. Higher quality written Greek could come from any one educated at the time or even from the influence of an amanuensis. Since Egypt had been part of the Greek empire it is interesting that there is a surprise that Paul spoke Greek in Acts 21:37-38. Since Cephas and Saul are better known by Greek names it becomes obvious that nationality can't be determined by a name. If one were looking at the a Greek text you might try to eliminate documents as coming from a Greek author by the presense of semitisms but semitisms could come in by incorporation of a literal transalation, imitation of the Septuagint or absorption from associates. Apparently Luke has a higher frequency of semitisms in the sections not in common with Matthew and Mark than in those in common (see The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition p. 142). So without a statement of nationality I don't see a way to deduce it and the only source to look to is the traditions of the early church fathers. So who is considered Greek in the New Testament? Greeks seek after wisdom in 1 Cor 1:22. In Acts 11:20 those in nearby Antioch are referred to as Greeks might be anyone who is Gentile but barbarians are not considered to be Greeks in Rom 1:14. Paul says he wants to preach to those in Rome in Rom 1:15. Is everyone either classified as a Jew or a Greek in Rom 1:16, 2:9-10, 3:9 and 10:12? Paul claimed to be a Roman in Acts 22:27-28, and a Hebrew in 2 Cor 11:22 and Phil 3:5 but never a Greek. |