[B-Greek] Luke 4:25

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Wed May 7 07:30:55 EDT 2003


hO TOU PATROS hHMWN DIA PNEUMATOS hAGIOU STOMATOS DAUID PAIDOS SOU EIPWN

After trying to make sense of the verse, I looked at FF Bruce's commentary on 
Acts and Metzger's Textual Commentary, both of which discussed the 
established difficulty with this verse caused by its "primitive corruption."

Attempting to avoid any discussion of textual criticism, and accepting the 
version that is written in my UBS GNT which is evidently supported by the 
earliest texts, I was wondering if it is possible to understand TOU PATROS as 
the genitive object of EIPWN.

"The One who spoke through the Holy Spirit word about our father, David, your 
servant".

I do not think the psalm is attributed to David in the subscript, but it 
might have been considered to have been about David.

Any thoughts on the use of the genitive TOU PATROS hHMWN in this way?

Thanks,

Richard Smith
Chattanooga, TN

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