[B-Greek] Re: some linguistic questions on Jn 7:8

Wieland Willker willker at chemie.uni-bremen.de
Tue Jan 27 13:19:00 EST 2004


I don't think that there are any grammatical subtleties involved,
because already Porphyry the philosopher (3rd CE) notes that with the
OUK we would have a lying Jesus.
Context requires that he did not want to go (thus there is no real
difference here between OUK and OUPW). I think (with B. Weiss) that
apparently Jesus changed his mind due to a hint of God or what ever. We
will never know.

Best wishes
    Wieland
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