Fw: Revelation 3:14 hH ARCH- the Beginning or the Origin,the ...

B. D. Colt babc at ix.netcom.com
Tue May 15 17:25:19 EDT 2001


On 15 May 01, at 14:11, GregStffrd at aol.com wrote:


> Elsewhere in Revelation ARCH always means beginning. There does not
> seem to be any grammatical or semantic reason for preferring "ruler"
> over "beginning" in Revelation 3:14.

For what it's worth, I find that NJB has 'Principle' (with a capital P), 
NAB has 'source,' NRSV has 'origin,' and NET has 'originator.'


Barbara D. Colt, mailto:babc at ix.netcom.com
St John the Evangelist, San Francisco



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