Antecedent in Jn 19.34, 35

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Mon Mar 11 11:29:34 EST 2002


Fellow b-geekers,

In Jn 19.34, 35 we read 
 
34 ALL’ HEIS TWN STRATIWTWN LOGXHi AUTOU THN PLEURAN ENUCEN, KAI ECHLQEN 
EUQUS hAIMA KAI hUDWR. 35 KAI hO hEWRAKWS MEMARTURHKEN, KAI ALHQINH AUTOU 
ESTIN hH MARTURIA, KAI EKEINOS OIDEN hOTI ALHQH LEGEI, hINA KAI hUMEIS 
PISTEUSHTE.
 
I thought this was a rather interesting question regarding what the referent 
of hO hEWRAKWS MEMARTURHKEN, etc. might be.  I see 3 possibilities:

1. If we take the normal structure of passages, this would refer to the 
immediately preceding agent – hOI STRATIWTAI (well, one of them – perhaps 
even the one with the spear).

2. The author of this gospel, e.g., in Rev. 1.2, it is the apocalypticist, 
the author of the writing who witnesses “TON LOGON TOU QEOU KAI THN MARTURIAN 
IHSOU XRISTOU hOSA EIDEN..

3. TON MAQHHN . . . hON HGAPA of 19.26 whether or not this disciple is 
considered to be the author of the gospel. 
 
2 & 3 might be one and the same (or at least presented as such).
 
gfsomsel



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