John 17
Lew Osborne
osbo at hn.ozemail.com.au
Sat Sep 21 17:55:23 EDT 2002
I have recently been discussing with a person the way in which John 17:3
has been translated. The response from him was rather surprising and I
would welcome any comments.
The Verse in question is . John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they
might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
His handling of it was to remove the sections between the commas and read
the verse then to replace the section removed and remove the next section.
We would then have . "And this is life eternal whom thou hast sent."
Then "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God
whom thou hast sent"
And finally "And this Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent"
With my limited understanding of Greek I cannot see that this is a 'legal'
way of looking at the verses.
The point is I guess, who is sending who and is eternal life a
personification?
If this is considered doctrinal perhaps some one would respond privately.
Lew Osborne
osbo at hn.ozemail.com.au
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