Hebrews 9:6, 12:6 and the usage of DE

Mark Wilson emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Wed Jul 17 14:14:41 EDT 2002



Bill:

You wrote:

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>I am seeking input on some considerations about the usage of DE,
>particularly in these passages:
>
>Here, might this usage be as a mild adversive?:
>
>Hebrews 12:6	ON GAR AGAPA KURIOS PAIDEUEI MASTIGOI DE [ie: "but"]
>PANTA UION ON PARADECETAI
>
>And here, might it indicate a new thought?:
>
>Hebrews	9	12	OUDE DI AIMATOS TRAGWN KAI MOSCWN DIA DE [ie:
>"yearlings. Now because of..."] TOU IDIOU AIMATOS EISHLQEN EFAPAX EIS TA
>AGIA AIWNIAN LUTRWSIN EURAMENOS
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If your question is... does DE always denote an adversative idea, the
answer is NO. You will find this conjunction used often without
any adversative idea.

I do think though that Heb 9:12 is adversative, but not 12:6.

Mark Wilson




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