the second subjunctive John 15:8
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Oct 29 08:29:25 EDT 1999
At 7:49 AM -0500 10/29/99, Jay Adkins wrote:
>The hINA + subjunctive clauses was recently well explained to me by Prof.
>Carl W. Conrad and I thought I had finally gotten a good understanding of
>it, then I ran across John 15:8. The different translations I use to help
>me decide if I am on the right track served only to confuse the >issue
>this time. ...
>
>John 15:8 (GNT) EN TOUTi EDOXASQH O PATHR MOU, hINA KARPON POLUN >FERHTE
>KAI GENHSQE EMOI MATHTAI
It should certainly not be supposed that subjunctive clauses with hINA are
always purpose clauses; almost as often they are NOT purpose clauses but
simple substantive clauses--noun clauses, and that is the case with this
one: the hINA clause functions as a substantive in apposition to TOUTWi,
indicating precisely what fact it is wherein the Father has gotten
glorified.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics/Washington University
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