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<span style="color:orange">καὶ διεγερθεὶς ἐπετίμησεν τῷ ἀνέμῳ καὶ <span style="color:red">εἶπεν</span> τῇ θαλάσσῃ <span style="color:lightblue">Σιώπα, πεφίμωσο.</span> <span style="color:orange">καὶ ἐκόπασεν ὁ ἄνεμος, καὶ ἐγένετο γαλήνη μεγάλη.</span>

<span style="color:orange">καὶ διεγερθεὶς ἐπετίμησεν τῷ ἀνέμῳ καὶ <span style="color:red">εἶπεν</span> τῇ θαλάσσῃ <span style="color:lightblue">Σιώπα, πεφίμωσο.</span> <span style="color:orange">καὶ ἐκόπασεν ὁ ἄνεμος, καὶ ἐγένετο γαλήνη μεγάλη.</span>

Here, the main text (written in aorist, a kind of past tense, encloses <span style="color:lightblue">Σιώπα, πεφίμωσο.</span>. As in the following verse, <span style="color:red">εἶπεν</span> is used: "He said". Or could it really mean "he observed [silently]"? Well, <span style="color:lightblue">Σιώπα, πεφίμωσο.</span> again shows a change of tense to indicate direct speech. As such, both verbs can best be seen as imperatives, i.e., direct commands.  

Here, the main text (written in aorist, a kind of past tense) encloses <span style="color:lightblue">Σιώπα, πεφίμωσο.</span>. As in the following verse, <span style="color:red">εἶπεν</span> is used: "He said". Or could it really mean "he observed [silently]"? Well, <span style="color:lightblue">Σιώπα, πεφίμωσο.</span> again shows a change of tense to indicate direct speech. As such, both verbs can best be seen as imperatives, i.e., direct commands.  

It is preposterous to assume that the same construction (someone says to someone: "direct speech") was used in four consecutive verses, and just in one verse it isn't meant to represent spoken words. OTOH, it doesn't make sense to translate <span style="color:red">λέγω</span> as "to observe [silently]" in any of the other three verses. In other words,  Mark wrote "they said" - "he said" - "he said" - "they said", and not "they said" - "he observed" - "he said" - "they said" - the latter would not only have been confusing, but deliberately misleading.  

It is preposterous to assume that the same construction (someone says to someone: "direct speech") was used in four consecutive verses, and just in one verse it isn't meant to represent spoken words. OTOH, it doesn't make sense to translate <span style="color:red">λέγω</span> as "to observe [silently]" in any of the other three verses. In other words,  Mark wrote "they said" - "he said" - "he said" - "they said", and not "they said" - "he observed" - "he said" - "they said" - the latter would not only have been confusing, but deliberately misleading.  

But perhaps, Mark got it wrong - as ''he wasn't there'' (do you really want to open this can of worms?) That doesn't give you the liberty to change his text into a version of which you think that it is nearer to the actual truth! That may be, but then it isn't the Gospel according to Marks any longer, it is just "The Word of God How it should be according to Andrew Schlafly"....

But perhaps, Mark got it wrong - as ''he wasn't there'' (do you really want to open this can of worms?) That doesn't give you the liberty to change his text into a version of which you think that it is nearer to the actual truth! That may be, but then it isn't the Gospel according to Mark any longer, it is just "The Word of God How it should be according to Andrew Schlafly"....

--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] ([[User talk:AugustO|talk]]) 18:08, 11 March 2016 (EST)

--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] ([[User talk:AugustO|talk]]) 18:08, 11 March 2016 (EST)