Granville-Sharp

GregStffrd at aol.com GregStffrd at aol.com
Sun Oct 1 19:06:30 EDT 2000


In a message dated 10/01/2000 3:41:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
tgbelt at compuserve.com writes:

<< > (the) apostles
 > (the) prophets
 > (the) evangelists
 > (the) pastors
 > teachers
 >
 > Therefore, according to the Granville-Sharp rule, pastors and
 > teachers are actually one entity: (the) pastors-teachers.
 
 What's the impact (or not) of the Rule for this passage?
 
 Blessings,
 Tom >>


Dear Tom:

There are several qualifications missing from your description, including the 
fact that the rule is not applicable to proper names or even, for the same 
reasons, to terms carrying the semantic weight of proper names, such as 
"Christ" and in some contexts "Lord," "God" and others. 

Also, the rule has reference to KAI-joined nouns, which are not what we find 
in Ephesians 4:11.

Furthermore, the rule does not hold true for plural nouns, and these we do 
have in Ephesians 4:11; hence, the rule is not really useful in interpreting 
Ephesians 4:11.

Best regards,

Greg Stafford



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