Jn 16.13

Steven Craig Miller scmiller at www.plantnet.com
Mon Oct 18 07:11:34 EDT 1999


To: Nigel Hanscamp,

<< Jn 16.13b: OU GAR LALHSEI AF hEAUTOU ALL OSA AKOUSEI LALHSEI KAI TA 
ERXOMENA ANAGGELEI (UMIN. Is there a big difference in this passage between 
LALHSEI and ANAGGELEI.  I know that the idea of reporting what was already 
said lies behind ANAGGELEI, but that idea has already been expressed.  Is 
it possible that the author is just choosing another word to avoid 
repetition, or is there another reason for his choice. >>

Although the two verbs are not synonyms, in this context they mean about 
the same thing.

One might note the variant readings here:

(a) AKOUSEI (future) "he will hear"
(b) AKOUEI (present) "he hears"
(c) AN AKOUSH (subjunctive with AN) "he may hear"

Although, in this context, there is not much real difference between them.

-Steven Craig Miller
Alton, Illinois (USA)
scmiller at www.plantnet.com

 From Luther's Large Catechism: "Why, do you think, is the world now so 
full of unfaithfulness, shame, misery, and murder? It is because everyone 
wishes to be his or her own master, be free from all authority, care 
nothing for anyone, and do whatever he or she pleases. So God punishes one 
knave by means of another" (BoC 386.154).



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