John 20:31 was Re: [B-Greek] Phil 2:11
Iver
iver_larsen at sil.org
Tue Oct 14 12:26:29 EDT 2003
> Thank you for your answer. Still we find in John 20:31 "hOTI
> IHSOUS ESTIN hO CRISTOS".
> >This is a rather different example, because we have a definite
> predicating
> >verb and have no option but to render it as "...that Jesus is the
> >Christ/Messiah".
>
> I've always thought this too myself, but then I've recently read an
> article* that pointed out that since CRISTOS has the article (both
> are definite), it should be the subject, i.e.: "that the Messiah
> is Jesus."
It seems to me that this argument is not convincing. There are a number of
similar identificational statements in John, e.g.
1:20 EGW OUK EIMI hO CRISTOS
1:25 EI SU OUK EI hO CRISTOS
3:28 OUK EIMI EGW hO CRISTOS
4:29 hOUTOS ESTIN hO CRISTOS (also 7:26,41)
10:24 EI SU EI hO CRISTOS
11:27 hOTI SU EI hO CRISTOS
20:31 hOTI IHSOUS ESTIN hO CRISTOS
Iver Larsen
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