Tense and testable assertions

dconklin at tcq.net dconklin at tcq.net
Sun Oct 27 14:36:04 EST 2002


David Conklin here

> John 13:31 hOTE OUN EXHLQEN, LEGEI IHSOUS: ***NUN *** EDOXASQH hO UIOS
> TOU ANQRWPOU KAI hO QEOS EDOXASQH EN AUTW:
> 
> Using Mari's interpretation, "now is the son of man glorified, and God
> is glorified in him." The glorification does not refer to the past - 
> Jesus has not yet been crucified - it refers to the "now" in the 
> sentence. Exactly when is a matter of interpretation (the time of
> Christ's crucifiction? the time of his ascending into heaven? the time
> of his resurrection?), but it clearly isn't in the past.

In this case, could He be glorified in the present but not in the sense 
that one is thinking of glorification?  Isn't one's theology intruding?

David Conklin
St. Pauk,
MN




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