G5117

• {"n":"John 11:48","s":"The Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=john-11-48","r":"John 11:48","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Every version reads our place, and some footnote temple."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**The House voted.** **Downing Street responded.** English uses places for institutions constantly, and only insiders catch every one."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Topos, place, is used in Jewish Greek as a way of referring to the temple without naming it, as at Acts 6:13-14 and 21:28. The Sanhedrin is worrying about the sanctuary and the nation, which is exactly what happened in AD 70."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English place is too general, so the specific reference is lost unless a footnote supplies it."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"Common nouns used as institutional euphemisms are invisible to outsiders. When a sentence seems oddly vague, ask what it was polite not to name."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Our place is the majority rendering; our temple appears in some modern versions and in footnotes."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u03c4\u03cc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 topos \u00b7 G5117"}],"src":["topos of the temple: Acts 6:13-14; 21:28","2 Maccabees 5:19 uses the same euphemism","The irony against the events of AD 70"]}