[B-Greek] John 3:16

Arie Dirkzwager dirkzwager at pandora.be
Thu Jun 17 08:40:13 EDT 2004


I think "much" is an addition as compared with the Greek original. On the
other hand, if we have to explain that verse or preach about it, the
addition of "much" is not out of order. But that's not for this list.

Arie


Dr. A. Dirkzwager
Hoeselt, Belgium
e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be

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Verzonden: donderdag 17 juni 2004 13:54
Onderwerp: Re: [B-Greek] John 3:16


> Hi Arie!
>
> * Arie Dirkzwager (dirkzwager at pandora.be) wrote:
> > I think hOUTWS is preparing the way for hWSTE : "in such a way ...that"
or
> > "so ...that".
>
> I agree that "so ... that" is a possible translation. But, it
> is quite misleading, if we consider how many times
> this passage is explained as "for God so *much* loved the
> world..."
>
> And also, if you are not a native-english speaker, I suppose that
> you have noticed that other translations, which are based on
> the english traslation, translate it as "so much..."
>
> Regards
> M.
>
> PS. Needless to say that I'm not a Th.D. or that I haven't got any
> kind of specialised knowledge in BGreek...
>




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