[B-Greek] John 1:12

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Apr 10 07:13:25 EDT 2003


At 10:08 PM -0400 4/9/03, Norman Goos wrote:
>In John 1:12, GENESQAI seems to be in an appositional relationship to
>EXOUSIAN, giving more information about what the LOGOS gave to the
>HOSOI.   But what relationship does TOIS PISTEUOUSIN have to AUTOIS?  Is it
>appositional as well?

Yes, I think that's pretty much right. hOSOI DE ELABON AUTON, EDWKEN AUTOIS
EXOUSIAN TEKNA QEOU GENESQAI, TOIS PISTEUOUSIN EIS TO ONOMA AUTOU.

The appositional force might be conveyed thus: "As for those who accepted
him, he gave to them, i.e. to those believing in his name, power/right,
i.e. the power/right to become children of God."
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Carl W. Conrad
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