[B-Greek] Article Participle Noun construction
Arie Dirkzwager
dirkzwager at pandora.be
Sat Apr 17 16:44:48 EDT 2004
Rob,
As to DIDONTOS you are right. It is "giving".
Concerning EGEIRANTA there seems to be an English problem. The English
language is my third modern language after Dutch and German. It is for me a
language with many pitfalls and unexpected difficulties. So I cannot be
absolutely sure, but I think it is the difference between to raise and to
rise.
In the NT death is often seen as going to sleep, whereas the resurrection is
called to rise (from sleeping). EGEIRW however is "to awake": to cause that
a sleeping person will rise.
So in Rom God is the one who has awoken Jesus. If you would like to use the
word EGEIRW for the "risen" Jesus you had to use the passive participle TON
EGERQENTA IHSOUN, Jesus who has been awoken.
I hope I managed to express myself clear enough.
Arie
Dr. A. Dirkzwager
Hoeselt, Belgium
e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be
----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: "Rob Matlack" <rmatlack at alexandria.cc>
Aan: "Arie Dirkzwager" <dirkzwager at pandora.be>
CC: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Verzonden: zaterdag 17 april 2004 22:14
Onderwerp: Re: [B-Greek] Article Participle Noun construction
> Dr. Dirkzwager,
> Thank you for your reply, but I don't think it answers my question. I
> should have made my question clearer. In James 1:5 DIDONTOS is also
> active and I suggested the idea of "the giving God". Why couldn't EPI
> TON EGEIRANTA IHSOUN, recognizing that EGEIRANTA is active, be
> understood as "in the risen Jesus"? If it can, then it seems to me to
> have a different meaning than "in Him who raised Jesus". Maybe I am
> missing something really simple.
>
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