hO GEGONEN in John 1:3

lakr lakr at netcom.com
Mon Nov 16 18:36:27 EST 1998


   Dear B-GREEKERS,


   It is interesting to note how all the early Fathers took this
   verse and when the sentiment changed.  Also note that even
   Athanasius took hO GEGOGEN with what followed.  These stats
   can all be derived from the Nestle Aland 27th edition.


   ------------------------------- |--------------------------------
   A. oude hen. ho gegonen en      | B. ouden hen ho gegonen. en
   ------------------------------- |--------------------------------
   Joh 1:3 All things came into    | All things were made by him;
   being through him, and without  | and without him was not any
   him not one thing came into     | thing made that was made.
   being. 4 In him was life, and   | 4 In him was life;and the life
   the life was the light of all   | was the light of men. (KJV)
   people. (NRSV)                  |
   ------------------------------- |--------------------------------
   NaassenesII/III                 |
   Theodotus (ac. to Cl)   II      | 
   Valentinians(ac.to Ir)  160     | 
   Diatessaron             II      | 
   Ptolemy  II                     | 
   HeracleonII                     |
   Theophilus              180     |
   Perateni III                    | 
   Irenaeus 202                    | 
   Clement  215                    | 
   Tertullian              220     |
   Hippolutus              235     |
   Origen   254                    |       Adamantius      300
   Eusebius 339                    |       Alexander       373
   Ambrosiaster            IV      |       Ephraem         373
   Hilary   367                    |       Didymus         398
   Athanasius              373     |       Epiphanus       403
   Cyril (Jeruselem)       386     |       Chrysotom       420
   Epiphanus403                    |       Jerome          420
                                   |       Nonnus          431
                                   |       Pseudo Ignatius   V
   ------------------------------- |--------------------------------

   ''"A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament" by Bruce M.
   Metzger, United Bible Societies, page 195 "A majority of the
   Committee was impressed by the consensus of ante-Nicene writers
   (orthodox and heretical alike) who took hO GEGONEN with what
   follows. When, however, in the fourth century Arians and the
   Macedonian heretics began to appear to the passage to prove that
   he Holy Spirit is to be regarded as on of the created things,
   orthodox writers prefered to take hO GEGONEN with the preceding
   sentence, thus removing the possibiliby of heretical use of the
   passage.  The punctuation adopted for the text is in accord with
   what a majority regarded as the rhythmical balance of the
   opening verses of the Prologue, where the climactic or
   "staircase" parallelism seems to demand that the end of one line
   should match the beginning of the next.''


Sincerely,
Larry Kruper




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