G1006

• {"n":"John 21:15-17b","s":"Feed my lambs, tend my sheep. Four words vary, not two.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=john-21-15-17b","r":"John 21:15-17","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"No version distinguishes any of the pairs, because English has one word for each."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"A writer who swaps four pairs of words in three sentences is avoiding repetition. A writer who swaps one is making a point."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Three pairs beyond the love verbs: bosko and poimaino for feed and tend, arnia and probata for lambs and sheep, oida and ginosko for know. All four variations run through the same exchange."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English has one word for each pair, so all four variations vanish and only the first is ever preached."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"Before building on one word change, count the others in the same passage. Four is a style. One is an argument."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Feed and take care of are the majority renderings; no version marks any of the pairs."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u03b2\u03cc\u03c3\u03ba\u03c9 bosko \u00b7 G1006 \/ \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03c9 poimaino \u00b7 G4165"}],"src":["bosko at 21:15, 17; poimaino at 21:16","arnia at 21:15; probata at 21:16, 17","oida and ginosko across 21:15-17","Carson, Exegetical Fallacies, on the whole passage"]}