Acts 20:28 - dia tou haimatos tou idiou

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Fri Jul 19 07:56:41 EDT 2002


In a message dated 7/19/2002 7:13:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu writes:

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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After reading the material in the archives, I reviewed the passage and it's 
context.  It seems that something has been missed here.  The discussion seems 
to indicate that there is no reference to Christ to which TOU IDIOU might 
refer.  If we look at v. 24 we see

 ALL' OUDENOS LOGOU POIOUMAI THN YUXHN TIMIAN EMAUTWi hWS TEIWSAI TON DROMON 
MOU **hHN ELABON PARA TOU KURIOU IHSOU,** DIAMARTURASQAI TO EUANGGELION THS 
XARITOS TOU QEOU

I would think that this would provide the antecedent for TOU IDIOU in v. 28.

gfsomsel





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