John 3:2
Carlton Winbery
winberyc at popalex1.linknet.net
Mon Aug 2 15:42:59 EDT 1999
>How is the nominative DIDASKALOS functioning in John 3:2?
>
>RABBI, OIDAMEN hOTI APO QEOU ELHLUQAS DIDASKALOS
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>Rick Creighton.
>
>Richard.Creighton at moore.edu.au
>
Richard, I read both Carl's and Kevin's answer to this and they make good
sense, but I like to take a simpler route that produces the same result. I
like to see DIDASKALOS as in apposition to the subject of the verb
ELHLUQAS. A noun (or implied noun or pronoun) in any case can have another
noun (or noun substitute) in the same case in apposition. Hence, "We know
that you, a teacher, have come from God." It's like we do in English when
we say "this is my brother, Joe."
Dr. Carlton L. Winbery
Foggleman Professor of Religion
Louisiana College
winbery at andria.lacollege.edu
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