John 13:1-4
Barry Hofstetter
nebarry at earthlink.net
Mon Nov 11 20:55:42 EST 2002
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From: "Norman Goos" <normangoos at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Biblical Greek" <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 5:18 PM
Subject: [b-greek] John 13:1-4
> As I am preparing a diagramming example for a December module in Trinidad
> concerning participles, I ran across the above Scripture. It seems that
> the subject is hO IHSOUS in v 1 and the main verb is a compound (3 verbs -
> EGEIRETAI, TIQHSIN and DIEZWSEN) found in v 4. This would leave 3
> participles acting adjectivally in vv. 1-3, EIDWS, AGAPHSAS and EIDWS. The
> phrase in in question is verse 2, EIS TELOS HGAPHSEN AUTOUS, which seems
> parenthetical, but I'm at a loss to be certain what it describes, "loving"
> or "his own". And which ever it modifies, how does one graphically place
> it in a syntactical outline? Your thoughts and comments are appreciated.
Diagramming? Yuch...
With NA, it is probably best to punctuate with a period after AUTOUS. HGAPHSEN
is itself the main verb of which hO IHSOUS is the subject. We would literally
translate "Jesus...having loved his own in the world loved them up until the
end." The phrase, rather than being parenthetical, is the introductory point to
the rest of the passage, which then shows one major symbolf of how Jesus loved
them, the famous footwashing scene... This, of course, would suggest that the
participles be understood predicatively (adverbally) rather than attributively
(adjectivally), and that the second EIDWS be taken with the next set of main
verbs.
N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Professor of Theological and Biblical Studies
The Center for Urban Theological Studies, Philadelphia, PA
http://home.earthlink.net/~nebarry
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