[B-Greek] LIQON ZWNTA and LIQOI ZWNTES in 1 Peter 2:4 & 5

Ted Shoemaker tedsmath at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 16 21:50:48 EST 2004


Timrake at aol.com wrote:

> > Does anyone here know whether "living stone" is
> > one such expression?
> > ( LIQON ZWNTA and LIQOI ZWNTES in 1 Peter 2:4 &
> > 5. )

> What are you thinking of, Ted? Lava? 

Of course not.  (Hmmm. Although, that might lead to
some interesting theology in the passage . . . .)
I meant, 
Is the term LIQON ZWNTA a figure of speech which every
Greek would have understood differently than those of
us who have to translate it.
I did not mean that the stones might be "flowing", as
lava; rather, that for all I know, they might be
ANYTHING. 

Ted Shoemaker



		
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