Eternity

Michael W. Jones mwjones at ibt.edu
Fri Mar 19 02:20:29 EST 1999




>{Carl}
>I'm not quite sure what you're saying about the Jude passage above when you
>say  "AIWNIOU 'represents' eternity"; AIWNIOU is an adjective here in
>agreement with PUROS, the whole phrase PUROS AIWNIOU dependent on DIKHN,
>which is the object of hUPECOUSAI; 'upholding the judgment of everlasting
>fire."
>
>{Bill}
>I thought AIWNIOU literally meant "of ages" and only context dictated
>whether or not it was "endless?"


AIWNIOU literally means nothing without context.

Michael W. Jones
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Ross <wross at farmerstel.com>
To: Biblical Greek <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 1:07 PM
Subject: RE: Eternity




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