Was: "a question from a novice"

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Mon Mar 20 13:19:05 EST 2000


At 11:10 AM 3/20/00 -0700, you wrote:
>I am way over my head here; a lay lurker who hasn't been in a Greek class
>for more than 20 years.
>That said, I'm going to take the liberty of introducing a slight change of
>direction here.  Given all of the extremely informative insights in this
>thread, how do we fit a couple verses into the mix?
>
>John 5:20 hO GAR PATHR FILEI TON hUION ...

the father befriends the son...

>
>John 16:27 AUTOS GAR hO PATHR FILEI hUMAS ...

the father befriends us...

>
>If I have butchered the transliteration, please overlook that and just move
>to the meat of the question.  I guess I'm asking how this fits into Jim
>West's heirarchy, as well as the discussion Carl Conrad passed along from
>Louw & Nida.

i see no problem at all in saying that the father befriends either jesus or
us.  i also dont see this as undermining what you have characterized as my
"hierarchy".

>
>Thank you for bearing with my ignorance.

not ignorance at all!  an excellent, genuinely excellent, question.   Ask
more and participate a lot- thats what makes this kind of list enjoyable.

best,

Jim

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