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SBL Greek New Testament

Edited by Michael W. Holmes. The project's standardized, publicly inspectable Greek reference edition. It is not presented as retroactive proof that every existing chapter originated from one uniform printed edition.

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Mark 14

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mark.14.m14Willing

οὐ τί ἐγὼ θέλω ἀλλὰ τί σύ

GRAMMARTHEOLOGYTRANSLATIONhigh confidence

How directly should the contrast of wills read?

Greek omits repeated verbs in the second clause, producing a terse contrast: not what I will, but what you.

Why this default

‘Not what I will, but what you will’ is default because it supplies the elided verb only where English requires it while preserving the terse contrast of ego and sy. The noun-based ‘not my will, but yours’ is elegant but changes both clauses’ grammatical form.

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Project defaultnot what I will, but what you will

Project default · verb supplied once

Alternativenot what I want, but what you want

Plain English

Alternativenot my will, but yours

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Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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