Mk. 12:34b

Maurice A. O'Sullivan mauros at iol.ie
Thu Apr 6 10:33:27 EDT 2000


At 22:41 05/04/00, Numberup at worldnet.att.net wrote:
>According to TDNT, at Matthew 12:28 it has the simple meaning of "to attain
>to," "to come." (Vol. 9, pp. 88-91)

OTOH, the EDNT notes that:
" the Q church understood Jesus' exorcism healins to be individual 
breakthroughs of God's dominion over the demon-plagued generation that 
preceded the end "


Harrington [ The Gospel of  Matthew. Sacra Pagina 1. Collegeville, MN: 
Liturgical Press, 1991.]  considers that " the verb 'ephthasen' is much 
bolder than 'engiken' "

Gundry [ Matthew: A Commentary on His Literary and Theological Art. Grand 
Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983.] writes:
" on EFQASEN as indicating arrival, not just near approach, see G.E. Ladd 
"The Presence of the Future" (Eerdmans 1974 ) pp, 138-45



Maurice A. O'Sullivan  [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros at iol.ie






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