Acts 20:28 - dia tou haimatos tou idiou

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Jul 19 07:12:40 EDT 2002


At 4:12 PM +1000 7/19/02, Peter Osborne. wrote:
>Hi,
>I'd be interested in your comments on the following translation of the last
>phrase of Acts 20.28:
>
>dia tou haimatos tou idiou
>
>through the blood of his own.
>
>the issue revolves around the correct use of "idios" a word I'm not very
>familiar with.  I note the RSV translates:
>
>"with the blood of His own son" - this seems to support the position I've
>taken above.

This passage, which is, of course, heavily charged with theological
implications, has been discussed pretty thoroughly with all the significant
views pretty well expressed, I think, in March of 1999. The messages are
dated 3/29/99 through 3/31/99; subject-header is "Acts 20:28 Whose blood?"
Iintroduced the thread myself as a lengthy response to an off-list inquiry
regarding that question; the thread may be read by accessing and using the
links to responses at:
http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/test-archives/html4/1999-03/30484.html

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