Galatians 2:1

Harry W. Jones hjbluebird at aol.com
Tue Nov 20 04:10:41 EST 2001



I have been following this thread and I am very supprised 
that there could be so much disagreement over two prepositions.

I, of course, am not going to take sides.

Harry Jones

> On Monday, November 19, 2001, at 01:12  AM, Iver Larsen wrote:
> 
> >> It makes good sense that Paul would use DIA + genitive rather than
> >> META + accusative, since Paul is going to great pains in the context to
> >> maintain his independence from the Jerusalem apostles. DIA + genitive
> >> makes plain he was not in Jerusalem throughout the whole span of
> >> fourteen years, whereas META + accusative would not necessarily 
> >> indicate
> >> that he had not been there at some preceding point during the fourteen
> >> years. In the case of 1.18, he can use META + accusative since he has
> >> already made plain in v. 17 what he DIDN'T do.
> 
> > Well, Steven, I think you are reading more into a grammatical 
> > distinction
> > that it can bear. According to Acts 11:30 Paul did visit Jerusalem 
> > within
> > this fourteen year period. The visit he is talking about in Gal 2 is 
> > the one
> > mentioned in Acts 15.
> 
> It's always possible that I have read too much into a grammatical 
> distinction. However, I think you should consider that it is also 
> possible you have allowed a chronological harmonization and 
> hermeneutical considerations to affect your judgment of a grammatical 
> distinction. :-)
> =============
> 
> Steven Lo Vullo
> Madison, WI



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