Colossians 1:16

Rick Stamp rickstamp at gmx.net
Wed Jun 27 00:35:03 EDT 2001


> I understand that in Colossians 1:16 en autw may be understood as the
> agent through which the action of creation is accomplished.  This raises a
> couple of questions for me.  First, when the action is performed through
> an intelligent being, is the one doing the action necessarily different
> from the agent?

> Thank you for your help.
> Michael Abernathy
> mabernat at cub.kcnet.org
 
Michael,
You might consider the instrumental dative at Hebrew 1:1 where the 
Father first speaks by the prophets and then through His Son.

Regards,
Rick Stamp



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