John 1:18

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Mon Sep 30 10:12:30 EDT 2002


>
> I noticed that this verse was cited by Carl when
> discussing the fronting issue.
>
> QEON OUDEIS hEWRAKEN PWPOTE: MONOGENHS QEOS hO WN EIS
> TON KOLPON TOU PATROS EKEINOS EXHGHSATO.
>
> Why EKEINOS here? Seems like hOUTOS would be expected
> with its "near antecedent."

One factor which does not answer the question completely is that John is
especially fond of using EKEINOS substantively. From a quick search in my
database I found the following occurrences of EKEINOS used substantively:
Matthew - 4
Mark - 5
Luke - 4
John - 52
1 John - 7

total in NT - 95

Another part of the issue is the difference between deictic use of pronouns
compared to contrastive and text referential use, but that is too much for
me to go into now. I would need to do more research on some hunches. Or
maybe some one else has done such research?

Iver Larsen




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