ATD: "against the day"

[Michael J. Hußmann]

Otto (ottosell at yahoo.de) wrote:

> Checking the German translation of John 12 I see that this "against the 
> day" is meant precisely the other way round: for the day:
>
> "Mag es gelten für den Tag meines Begräbnisses."

This fits the obviously intended reading of "against" in this context
(and in 2 Peter 3:7), namely "in anticipation of".

- Michael


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