G2570

• {"n":"John 10:11","s":"The good shepherd. The adjective is not the ordinary word for good.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=john-10-11","r":"John 10:11","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Every version reads good shepherd."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**A good man.** **A good knife.** English uses one word and you know which is meant. Greek has two and the speaker has to choose."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Kalos is beautiful, fine, excellent, fit. Agathos is morally good. The shepherd is kalos, the model shepherd, the one who does the job as it should be done, and the definition given in the same verse is that he lays down his life."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English good covers both and nothing is lost in accuracy, but the choice John made is invisible."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"Where a language has two adjectives for one English word, the one not chosen tells you as much as the one chosen."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Good shepherd is universal; model shepherd and true shepherd appear in commentaries."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2 kalos \u00b7 G2570"}],"src":["kalos at John 10:11, 14, 32-33","agathos at John 1:46; 5:29","kalos of a fine work: Matthew 26:10"]}