John,
I loved being in the translating session this morning….
With zero understanding of Greek, this question may be beyond my understanding, but if the article (the) is present in the Greek text, is there a case when it should be excluded?
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Yes. To make a translation sound right in English—when it will still be a faithful translation—one may either leave off or add a “the” to an English sentence.
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I assume that we have to trust that the Greek texts that we have are authentic and haven’t been altered?
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That’s right. We have to start somewhere.
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Thanks,
Wendell
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