
Originally Posted by
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Walay klaro ang iyang pangutana. Unsa kaha iyang gipangitaan ug sayop nga bible, ang mga manuscripts or ang english translated bible? Nangutana siya nganung "daily" ang rendered sa english translation sa GK word epiooseaos.
Well, because "daily" is the exact meaning of the word. Infact, the term could also be translated "substantial" according to Strong's Concordance. "epiooseaos" is not an invented word by Matthew to echo the Lord, I believe this is a common greek word of his day which doesnt have a equivalent english term, even, in our day to match the term. Of course, I am not speaking on behalf of the scholars because I am not, but they cannot just invent a new term in the purpose of just proving to others that they know the exact meaning of the term. We have to remember that an "ecclesiastical slang" and personal conclusion cannot be brought into the work of translation. Besides the manuscripts used by Tyndale was not a translation of Jerome in 6th Century. He used the textus receptus of Erasmus and not the latin vulgate. He went to the original.
So I think the reason why the scholar community was silent about this because there isnt really a difference between the invented word of the Catholic Theologian Jerome, "supersubstantialem", in latin, "daily" by Tyndale I presumed (because he was the one who first translated the bible from greek textus receptus to English) in 16th Century. So there isnt really an issue which is the better translation is it "supersubstantialem" in latin or "daily" in english. After all, they both are just translations.
Now lets be honest. So let's say that the term "daily" is or may not be the perfect term that should have been used, and I agree, but it is niether a wrong term to use. My stand is that the term "daily" rendered is the best translation that an english scholar and linguist like Tyndale could use for "epi-OO-sea-os". So what would be a non-invented english word that should have been used then? Now if we think that we are smart enough to think that the term "daily" is wrong, what would it be then?