[B-Greek] 1 John 1:5b
Doug Hoxworth
doughoxworth at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 5 10:42:59 EST 2004
--- Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> hOTI hO QEOS FWS ESTIN KAI SKOTIA EN AUTWi OUK ESTIN
> OUDEMIA
>
> Regarding the antecedent of EN AUTWi, what
> determines
> whether the SKOTIA is not in hO QEOS or FWS?
Mitch-
my guess would be because hO QEOS is the subject
(while FWS is a predicate nominative).
also john here is using a figure of speech called
pleonasm. a pleonasm is a figure where an assertion is
made and then further emphasized by repeating it in
other, sometimes in opposite, terms.
Doug Hoxworth
Duther Rice Seminary
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