Wallace on Ga 4:14

clayton stirling bartholomew c.s.bartholomew at worldnet.att.net
Mon Sep 18 05:44:45 EDT 2000


on 09/17/00 11:30 PM, clayton stirling bartholomew wrote:

> on 09/17/00 2:33 PM, Dan Parker wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On page 252 Daniel Wallace in his Exegetical Syntax says he considers
>> AGGELOS QEOU to be definite along with all usages of ANNGELOS KURIOU
>> in both the OT and the NT.
> 
> Dan,
> 
> You sure Wallace said that? Have you overlooked a nuance?
> 
>> 
>> The second hWS in the verse is generally taken as adverbial.  If the
>> AGGELOS QEOU is definite . . .
> 
> I don't think it is definite in this context. Also take a look at Acts 10:3
> AGGELOV TOU QEOU and  Dan 3:25 (LXX) AGGELOU QEOU. Keep in mind who is
> speaking in Dan 3:25.

A few clarifications are in order here.

Dan 3:25 is the MT reference but it is Dan 3:92 in the LXX.

Dan, after some reflection on this, I suspect that when you are intending to
say is:

>>>>
 On page 252 Daniel Wallace in his Exegetical Syntax says he considers
 AGGELOS QEOU [in  Gal. 4:14] to be definite along with all usages of
ANNGELOS KURIOU in both the OT and the NT.
>>>>

Wallace is swimming aginst the tide on Gal. 4:14, see F.F. Bruce (NIGTC),
H.A.W. Meyer, H. Ridderbos, H. Alford and who knows how many others.

Clay

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