[B-Greek] Revelation 13:18
George F. Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Mon Jul 5 17:30:08 EDT 2004
On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 15:47:43 -0400 Ron Snider <ronpt at comcast.net> writes:
> This question concerns the explanatory clause ARIQMOS GAR ANQRWPOU
> ESTIN, in which both nouns are anarthrous. John has used the term
> "number" three times in this verse and the two others have teh
> definite
> article. How would this best be understood grammatically, and I
> have
> read the comments of Wallace in GGBTB.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ron Snider
>
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hWDE hH SOFIA ESTIN, hO EXWN NOUN YHFISATW TON ARIQMON TOU QHRIOU,
ARIQMOS GAR ANQRWPOU ESTIN, KAI hO ARIQMOS AUTOU hECAKOSIOI hECHKONTA
hEC.
I would translate it in a very straightforward manner:
Here is wisdom: Let him who has understanding calculate the number of
the Beast. It is the number of Man, and his number is six-hundred
sixty-six.
george
gfsomsel
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