John 1:1 EN ARCH

Jonathan Robie jonathan at texcel.no
Tue Jul 7 07:48:50 EDT 1998


At 12:53 AM 7/7/98 EDT, AgapeLove9 at aol.com wrote:
 
>The literal translation is "In a beginning" at John 1:1. He explains...

I don't understand how this is *the* literal translation, since there is no
such thing as an indefinite article in Greek, and prepositional phrases are
often definite without the article. I'm afraid that the grammar itself is
ambiguous here, so you have to turn to the context. 

In this translation, how is John 3:21 translated? I'm particularly curious
about the phrase hINA FANERWQHi AUTOU TA ERGA hOTI EN QEWi ESTIN
EIRGASMENA, which I would translate as "that it may be apparent of his
works that they were performed in God". Is this translated "performed in
*a* God"?

Jonathan
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