John 20:31 was Re: [B-Greek] Phil 2:11

waldo slusher waldoslusher at yahoo.com
Wed Oct 15 10:53:22 EDT 2003


hOTI IHSOUS ESTIN hO CRISTOS

> >It may be worth mentioning that the emphasis in
> >constructions as this always falls on the
> predicate,
> >and I think we must go with "Jesus is THE MESSIAH."

Carl then said... 
> I wonder whether the question is really so easily
> decided; my own
> experience is that the predicate word is normally
> first in this sort of an
> equative clause with ESTI(N). 

The subject of this conclusion begins in vs 30, hO
IHSOUS. The stated purpose of this letter is to define
who Jesus is, not who the Messiah is. And in vs 31,
the predicate would be hO CRISTOS (which defines
Jesus)... with hO hUIOS TOU QEOU in appostion to hO
CRISTOS. So then, both hO CRISTOS and hO hUIOS TOU
QEOU define Jesus, the subject of this passage and
letter. This then becomes the conclusion John would
have his readers acknowledge. 

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Waldo Slusher
Calgary, AB

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