[B-Greek] EK PISTEWS

Mark Lama markosl80 at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 26 19:17:27 EDT 2004


Hi, Arie,
 
I haven't been able to check my e-mail for a few days. Please forgive the delay. Sounds a little too subtle to me, at least at first blush. Take a look at Gal. 2:16, where the phrases [DIKAIOUSQAI] DIA PISTEWS and EK PISTEWS are interchanged. There the ANQRWPOS is at issue, the generic man, as in Ro. 3:28 (note the dative of means PISTEI--another wrinkle!) I will certainly be pondering the distribution of these two prepositions in the NT, especially in these contexts, more carefully henceforth as I read. All I was trying to do in my reply to Jody was give an intuitive "handle" on the sense of the preposition aside from the various ways in which we could tranlate it. But maybe I was too hasty. 
 
Best regards,
 
Mark Lama
 
Arie Dirkzwager <dirkzwager at pandora.be> wrote:
Mark,
 
After writing my note, I have thought about the question.That occurs when you write down things you found long ago.
Perhaps there is a tiny difference after all. 
EK PISTEWS speaks about a source the Jews should use, a source present, inherent to their position, but they should use it.
DIA PISTEWS speaks about a tunnel the gentiles should find.
So, in this way of looking at the problem, the Jews can use a thing already present and belonging to them.
The gentiles have to move, to find something that does not belong to them, but clearly open to them and then to move through that way.
 
Or is that too subtle?
 
Arie
 

		
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