Rev. 18:20

Ben Crick ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Sun Jun 13 01:21:48 EDT 1999


On Sat 12 Jun 99 (18:23:19), shavedice at itexas.net wrote:
> What would be the best rendering of Revelation 18:20:
> 
> "You be happy over her heaven and the holy ones and the apostles and
> the prophets, because God has given judgment for you against her"
> 
> OR,
> 
> "You be happy over her heaven and the holy ones and the apostles and
> the prophets, because God has judged her with the judgment from you."

 Dear Mitchell,

 EUFRAINOU EP' AUTH, OURANE.... KTL

 OURANE is Vocative; so IMHO are the other groups addressed: hOI hAGIOI,
 hOI APOSTOLOI KAI hOI PROFHTAI. Translate as in KJV or NIV, etc etc.

 Only in the masc sing is the Vocative case distinguishable from the
 Nominative.

 ERRWSQE
 Ben
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