Comparing ALLOS and hETEROS

Ben Crick ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Wed Jun 27 18:38:51 EDT 2001


On Wed 27 Jun 2001 (10:50:44), cc.constantine at worldnet.att.net wrote:
> Note that Ben didn't tell us his view Jn. 14:16, just sent us to read
> about Gal. 1:6-7, so my comments are not really address to Ben's
> reading of Jn. 14:16 since I don't know what that is.

 Dear Clay:

 Thanks for your research into the commentaries. You have more of them than I!
 Paul's usage is not determinative for the Johannine usage; but both spoke and
 wrote Koine Greek so there must be some KOINWNIA or commonalty of meaning (pun
 intended). I pointed up Galatians 1:6-7 because the two words are there
 juxtaposed in a manner which clearly brings out the difference between them,
 IMHO.

 My view of John 14:16 is roughly
> ALLOS  "another of the same kind,"
> hETEROS  "another of a different kind" :
 compare the English Greek-derived words "heterodoxy" and "allotropy". This
 distinction is not cut-and-dried, as others have posted. But in John 14:16
 we could reasonably infer that the ALLON PARAKLHTON is of the same Substance
 as the first Paraclete in 1 John 2:1, PARAKLHTOV ECOMEN PROS TON PATERA IHSOUN
 CRISTON DIKAION.

 But immediately we get into forbidden theological territory, so I'll end it
 there without further ado. 

 ERRWSQE
 Ben
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