Acts 2:23

Apokrisis1 at aol.com Apokrisis1 at aol.com
Tue Aug 10 10:22:21 EDT 1999


In a message dated 8/10/99 4:41:47 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
pistos at pacbell.net writes:

<<  I just don't see this when I read 
 BOULE KAI PROGNOSEI (counsel and foreknowledge), two nouns in the same case 
 and person connected by KAI.  Can someone tell me why this is a hendiadys 
 and not an example of Granville Sharp's rule? >>


Dear Richard:

Sharp's rule exists under very strict, grammatically limited conditions. 
(These restrictions seem to grow with time!) In the case of Acts 2:23, the 
nouns are not terms of *personal* description. They are abstract terms that 
refer to aspects of God's being. But they are not terms used to describe or 
identify God Himself. That is why this example does not fall within the 
confines of Sharp's rule.

Greg Stafford



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