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:Over at the Gospel of Mark, the decision was made to translate ευαγγελιον as "good news."  It seems to me that the same convention should be followed here in Luke.  Therefore, "spreading the Truth" in Luke 9:6 should be rendered either "proclaiming the good news" or "spreading the good news."  "Proclaiming" would be more literal, and "spreading" would be a little more figurative, but would more clearly present the idea of the gospel spreading across the countryside.--[[User:Caspianrex|Cory Howell]] 11:46, 22 October 2009 (EDT)

:Over at the Gospel of Mark, the decision was made to translate ευαγγελιον as "good news."  It seems to me that the same convention should be followed here in Luke.  Therefore, "spreading the Truth" in Luke 9:6 should be rendered either "proclaiming the good news" or "spreading the good news."  "Proclaiming" would be more literal, and "spreading" would be a little more figurative, but would more clearly present the idea of the gospel spreading across the countryside.--[[User:Caspianrex|Cory Howell]] 11:46, 22 October 2009 (EDT)

 

Just one more, and then I'm done for the moment.  Actually, two more little things.  First, in Luke 9:4, the rendering "if anyone invites you into their house" is not good for two reasons: "anyone" is singular and doesn't agree grammatically with "their house," and there is nothing in the Greek text about being invited in.  A more literal, and simpler, reading would be "whatever house you enter..."  Also, for this whole chapter, it may be a good idea to consider not translating the Greek particle και every time the King James has "and" at the beginning of a sentence.  (Luke 9: 2-6)  It makes for better English to reduce some of those occurrences of "and," and it's a minor thing, as far as the original language is concerned.  The modern reader can easily find the endless repetition offputting.--[[User:Caspianrex|Cory Howell]] 16:02, 21 October 2009 (EDT)

Just one more, and then I'm done for the moment.  Actually, two more little things.  First, in Luke 9:4, the rendering "if anyone invites you into their house" is not good for two reasons: "anyone" is singular and doesn't agree grammatically with "their house," and there is nothing in the Greek text about being invited in.  A more literal, and simpler, reading would be "whatever house you enter..."  Also, for this whole chapter, it may be a good idea to consider not translating the Greek particle και every time the King James has "and" at the beginning of a sentence.  (Luke 9: 2-6)  It makes for better English to reduce some of those occurrences of "and," and it's a minor thing, as far as the original language is concerned.  The modern reader can easily find the endless repetition offputting.--[[User:Caspianrex|Cory Howell]] 16:02, 21 October 2009 (EDT)