Wednesday, May 16, 2012

this is my body discussion of the Greek

http://www.totustuus.com/ThisIsMyBody.pdf  Read the whole thing--here is just a little bit:


Matthew (Mt 26:26), Mark (14:22) and Luke (22:19) use exactly the same Greek words
for “This is my body”.    
Touto      estin      to      soma      mou
This          is        the      body      of me
                        neuter     neuter  
When the text is examined in relationship to Greek grammar employed in the passage,
the meaning becomes very clear.  Touto (this) is a neuter demonstrative adjective.  It
can’t modify or refer to bread, which is a masculine noun.  Instead, it clearly refers to
soma (body), which is a nominative neuter noun.  Therefore the only possible translation
in English is: “This [substance in my hands] is my body.”

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