[B-Greek] Eph 4:11-12
Jim West
jwest at highland.net
Tue Dec 28 19:42:09 EST 2004
Is it possible that men...de indicates something of the idea of succession
or replacement? "on the one hand... on the other"; could this also carry
the notion or the sense of "once...now". I ask because, in the early
Church, Apostles and prophets (as official titles) were on the decline
when Ephesians was written and Pastors and teachers on the rise. So- is it
eisegetical to see the verse rendered something like "once apostles and
prophets... but now pastors and teachers" etc?
thanks
Jim
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