[B-Greek] Word Order in John 1:1
bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
Fri Oct 24 20:21:31 EDT 2003
John 1:1 EN ARCHi HN hO LOGOS, KAI hO LOGOS HN PROS TON QEON, KAI QEOS HN hO LOGOS.
I read somewhere that the word order of the last phrase here (KAI QEOS HN hO LOGOS) is what makes QEOS definite.
I quess this is due to emphasis. Context would have a bearing on whether QEOS is definite or indefinite, would it not?
It also said that if the subject and the predicate had been reversed, (KAI hO LOGOS HN QEOS) this phrase would mean; 'and the word was a god'. Is this true?
Thank you.
Bert de Haan.
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