Rev 3:14

GregStffrd at aol.com GregStffrd at aol.com
Thu Jan 25 20:42:34 EST 2001


In a message dated 01/25/2001 11:21:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
trmljorg at yahoo.com writes:

<<  It seems to me that the
 discussions of H ARCH in Rev. 3:14 have overlooked the two most important
 texts in determinig its usage here, namely the only two other occurences
 of the word in the Revelation (21:6, 22:13).  21:6 reads, EGW TO ALFA KAI
 TO W, H ARCH KAI TO TELOS.  22:13 reads similarly, EGW TO ALFA KAI TO W, O
 PRWTOS KAI O ESCATOS, H ARCH KAI TO TELOS.  The first is a statement by
 God about himself.  The second refers either to God or to Christ.  The
 context favors Christ in the second text.  In both ARCH means "beginning"
 but certainly not in the sense of first created but in the sense of the
 beginner of creation.  >>


Dear Tim:

In both Revelation 21:6 and 22:13 ARCH means beginning, just as TELOS means 
end. But ARCH is not uesd here in reference to God's being, and neither does 
TELOS have reference to his existence. 

In Revelation the evidence also strongly supports the meaning "beginning," 
and the genitive THS KTISEWS tells you what Christ is the beginning of. 

Best regards,

Greg Stafford



More information about the B-Greek mailing list