1 Thess.4:16

Wayne Leman wayne_leman at sil.org
Sat Jun 8 13:34:11 EDT 2002


> Dear Friends,
>
>   I was wondering why Paul in speaking of the Parousia uses the
preposition EN, which when used with the dative means "in".

Tony, EN + dative by no means always means "in." EN + dative has a number of
other meanings. Consult a reference manual such as Dan Wallace's Greek
Grammar Beyond the Basics or others to see the range of meanins which EN +
dative has.

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Wayne
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