Rom 1:1 KLHTOS APOSTOLOS

Theodore H Mann thmann at juno.com
Tue Apr 11 11:46:05 EDT 2000


It seems to me than even "delegate" doesn't  imply the kind of authority
we ascribe to "apostle."

Ted Mann
thmann at juno.com

On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 08:25:35 -0500 Steven Craig Miller
<scmiller at plantnet.com> writes:
> To: Carlton L. Winbery,
> 
> << The article on APOSTOLOS in TDNT emphasizes that the word 
> APOSTOLOS 
> carried a note of authority. >>
> 
> In that case, the translation "delegate" would seem to be better 
> than 
> "missionary."
> 
> << KLHTOS is an adjective. APOSTOLOS is a noun. Does not the 
> adjective here 
> modify the noun even though it does not have the article? I gain 
> some 
> insight from thinking that Paul is distinguishing his office by 
> saying, "(I 
> am) a slave of Christ Jesus, a called apostle who is set apart for 
> the 
> gospel of God." The idea of called in the adjective is a passive 
> idea so 
> that anyone reading it would clearly understand that Paul is 
> claiming that 
> God called him. >>
> 
> All one can really be certain is that KLHTOS implies that someone 
> had 
> called or invited Paul. Your assumption that this someone must be 
> God is 
> traditional, but by no means certain.
> 
> -Steven Craig Miller
> Alton, Illinois (USA)
> scmiller at plantnet.com
> 
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