Fw: Revelation 3:14 hH ARCH- the Beginning or the Origin,th...
GregStffrd at aol.com
GregStffrd at aol.com
Tue May 15 23:37:58 EDT 2001
In a message dated 05/15/2001 2:19:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
babc at ix.netcom.com writes:
<< > 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.' >>
And many other translations read differently. The question here is what
grammatical/semantic bases such translations have for their renderings.
Best regards,
Greg Stafford
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