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- September 24th, 2011, 4:28 am
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: I John 5:18 ἀλλ’ ὁ γεννηθεὶς ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ τηρεῖ αὐτόν
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2380
Re: I John 5:18 ἀλλ’ ὁ γεννηθεὶς ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ τηρεῖ αὐτόν
David, Yes, there are other considerations apart from αὐτὸν. We have three clauses: (1) the one-being-in-the-state-of-having-been-born of God does not (habitually) sin, (2) the one-(once)-born of God continually-guards him(self??) and (3) the evil one does (can) not touch him. You suggested a logica...
- September 6th, 2011, 12:57 am
- Forum: Word Meanings
- Topic: ελπις
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1489
Re: ελπις
Yes, the modern English "hope" has become so vague that it hardly ever is a good representation of the Greek ἐλπίς. If you look up in the BDAG Greek lexicon you will find the following description: "the looking forward to someth. with some reason for confidence respecting fulfillment....
- July 27th, 2011, 7:54 am
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: εὐθέως in Mat 25,15f
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2315
Re: εὐθέως in Mat 25,15f
Mike, Can you explain what you mean by a given class? I cannot check a statement that I do not understand. A word with the semantic content of "immediately, right away, suddenly* would be inherently emphatic in any languauge, In some languages this will be shown by stress, others possibly by to...
- July 25th, 2011, 4:48 am
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: Joh 1,18 - force of the present tense of ὢν
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4196
Re: Joh 1,18 - force of the present tense of ὢν
In the sentence ὁ μονογενὴς υἱός, ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρός, ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο the present participle is used subtantively and ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρός functions as a relative clause modifying ὁ μονογενὴς υἱός. This verb has no aorist participle and there is no focus on the time involved....
- July 25th, 2011, 3:49 am
- Forum: New Testament
- Topic: εὐθέως in Mat 25,15f
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2315
Re: εὐθέως in Mat 25,15f
εὐθέως is inherently emphatic and will therefore as a general rule precede the verb it modifies as it does throughout the NT. I would render it in English "right away" and in contexts like this one it implies that the servant is fully obedient to his master. He right away starts implementi...
- July 15th, 2011, 4:28 am
- Forum: Vocabulary
- Topic: Kai
- Replies: 35
- Views: 21771
Re: Kai
Mike, It may help to think in terms of balancing two items. Kai is a word that is used to connect two words, phrases or clauses together, who function at the same level. With this function it is often called a coordinating conjuntion. There are about 8400 of these in the NT. When Kai joins words or ...
- June 4th, 2011, 10:57 am
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: Matthew 5:3a
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13738
Re: Matthew 5:3a
When the meaning is not clear it is rarely a grammatical problem, but rather a problem with a literal rendering. Although the Greek word πτωχοὶ basically means "poor", the text was first spoken in Hebrew, and the corresponding Hebrew word is much wider in its usage. It can describe a perso...