[B-Greek] John 1:12-13 - translating the participle

Eric Weiss eweiss at gte.net
Thu Aug 14 16:27:05 EDT 2003


I (without thinking too deeply about this) referred to Jesus' lifetime because the context of 1:10-1:14 seemed to be re: Jesus' earthly sojourn.

I agree with you that it may be invalid to restrict the time frame of 1:12-13 to those who received Him during His human existence, rather than to the time preceding the writing of the Gospel.

> 
> From: "Mark Wilson" <emory2oo2 at hotmail.com>
> Date: 2003/08/14 Thu PM 03:05:21 CDT
> To: eweiss at gte.net
> CC: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] John 1:12-13 - translating the participle
> 

> Why are you assuming that this refers to Jesus' lifetime? If you are trying 
> to force
> a restricted sense on the Aorists, are you not asking whether this is 
> restricted to those prior to
> the writing of this Gospel (a more accurate deictic center, if you ask me)?
> 
> My thoughts,
> 
> Mark Wilson
> 
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Eric S. Weiss
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