[B-Greek] 1 John 1:10

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Nov 5 07:17:20 EST 2004


At 5:33 PM -0800 11/4/04, Mitch Larramore wrote:
>EAN EIPWMEN hOTI OUC hHMARTHKAMEN, YEUSTHN POIOUMEN
>AUTON KAI hO LOGOS AUTOU OUK ESTIN EN hHMIN
>
>Dr. Culy says that ESTIN here introduces the apodosis
>of a conditional construction. Seems that the apodosis
>is "If X, then Y (we make him a liar), and further,
>his word is not in us." I can see there being a
>"double apodosis" here (we make him a liar AND his
>word is not in us), but I'm trying to see how this
>ESTIN introduces the apodosis.

Looks to me like this is something that wasn't caught in proofing; your
analysis is right, the apodosis actually begins with YEUSTEHN POIOUMEN
AUTON.
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Carl W. Conrad
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