[B-Greek] BHMA in 2 Cor 5:10
munnerlyn
munnerlyn at netzero.net
Thu Jan 1 18:44:24 EST 2004
If you'll excuse a comment from a "newbe", as you'll see in this link, the
Bema is a real place in Corinth.
http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/corinthians/bema.stm
In my humble opinion, the author is painting a word picture of a spiritual
event with a metaphor using a physical place.
Sincerely,
John Munnerlyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
To: "Mitch Larramore" <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
Cc: "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] BHMA in 2 Cor 5:10
> At 8:44 AM -0800 1/1/04, Mitch Larramore wrote:
> >In what sense is the default meaning of this word
> >"judgment"? Would this word have a default meaning
> >different in Corinth (with the Isthmus games close by)
> >than in another city?
>
>
> text: TOUS GAR PANTAS hHMAS FANERWQHNAI DEI EMPROSQEN TOU BHMATOS TOU
CRISTOU
>
> The default meaning is NOT "judgment" but "platform." It derives from
BAINW
> ("stride," "step forward," "step up/mount") and most commmonly in the GNT
> refers to a platform or dais raised above ground level, upon which an
> official makes pronouncements, whether of a judicial nature (as commonly)
> or of another sort. So here the sense is "we must all make an appearance
> before the tribunal of Christ"--that means "face judgment," to be sure,
but
> "face judgment" is the sense derivative from the literal sense of "appear
> in front of Christ's tribunal."
> --
>
> Carl W. Conrad
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