G2098

• {"n":"euangelion","s":"Gospel. In ordinary Greek it was the announcement of a royal victory or an emperor's accession.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=euangelion","r":"Mark 1:1","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Every version reads gospel or good news. Both are majority renderings depending on the version."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**Breaking news.** A phrase that belongs to broadcasting, not to religion. Now imagine a religious movement adopting it as its central term."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Euangelion is a good announcement, used in the Roman world for news of a military victory or the birth or accession of an emperor. The Priene inscription uses it of Augustus."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English gospel is now exclusively religious and carries none of the public, political register the Greek had."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"A New Testament word that also turns up in Roman imperial inscriptions is not a coincidence; the overlap is the point. The vocabulary was borrowed, and borrowing is a claim."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Gospel and good news are both standard; good news is increasingly the majority in newer versions."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u03b5\u1f50\u03b1\u03b3\u03b3\u03ad\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd euangelion \u00b7 G2098"}],"src":["The Priene calendar inscription applying euangelion to Augustus","Isaiah 52:7 and 61:1 in the Septuagint use the verb form","Mark 1:1 opens with the noun"]}