John 17:25

Harold R. Holmyard III hholmyard at ont.com
Sun May 27 22:53:26 EDT 2001


Dear Barbara,

>I expect I'm being quite thick again, but I can't figure out what purpose
>is served by the first 'KAI' ( that I have put between asterisks below).

>John 17:25.   PATER DIKAIE, *KAI* hOI KOSMOS SE OUK EGNW,
>EGW  DE SE EGNWN, KAI hOUTOI EGNWSAN hOTI
>SU ME APESTEILAS.

In BAGD, under KAI, at I.6, there is mention of KAI to introduce contrasts
where there are two KAI's, yielding "although" . . ."yet." That is what the
context in John 17:25 suggests.

				Yours,
				Harold Holmyard
				Dallas, TX





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