[B-Greek] 2 Thess.1:12

Remington186 at aol.com Remington186 at aol.com
Wed Jul 28 22:52:18 EDT 2004


Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org 
Wed Jul 28 15:20:29 EDT 2004

>From my present understanding of the Granville Sharp rule, the rule itself 
seems >questionable. It can hardly be used to settle a question of identity of 
reference. (I just >noted that the BIbleWorks 6 manual on page 118 based on 
Granville Sharp wrongly >asserts that POIMENAS and DIDASKALOUS in Eph 4:11 "is 
to be understood as a >single office.")
>
>Iver Larsen

In the sixties I became acquainted with Dr. E. W. Bullinger's 1100 page tome, 
Figures of Speach in the Bible. He has sixteen pages on Hendiadys (and two 
pages on Hendiatris). He aptly calls Hendiadys, Two For One. Twelve of those 
pages are given to two nouns naming one thing, and two pages are give to two 
verbs naming one thing. "Literally," he says, "hendiadys means, one by means of 
two. Two words employed, but only one thing, or idea, intended. One of the two 
words expresses the thing, and the other (of synonymous, or even different, 
signification, not a second thing or idea) intensifies it by being changed (if a 
noun) into an adjective of the superlative degree, which is, by this means, 
made especially emphatic. The two words are of the same parts of speech ... 
always joined together by the conjunction 'and.' The two nouns are always in the 
same case."
I'd never heard of the Granville Sharp rule until recently, (still haven't 
seen it in print) but recognized it as Hendiadys. 
We can easily note POIMENAS and DIDASKALOUS in Eph 4:11 as the figure, 
Hendiadys. Both nouns are accusitive masculine singular joined by kai. Dr. Bullinger 
writes, "i.e., pastors (or shepherds), yes - shepherds who should feed also; 
or, teachers, yes - teachers who should shepherd also. Not two classes of 
persons, but one; implying that a shepherd who did not feed would fail in his 
duty" etc.
Dr. Bullinger devotes one whole page to Matthew 3:11 -- "He shall baptize 
with the Holy Ghost and with fire. First note that there are no articles, evn 
pneu,mati a`gi,w| kai. puri,, with Holy Spirit and fire. With Holy Spirit, yes - 
and burning purifying spirit too. Not two things, but one thing: Judgment.  

Remington Mandel
   





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