[B-Greek] Question on John 1:1

Raymond Regalado fwgk5942 at mb.infoweb.ne.jp
Thu Nov 25 06:15:11 EST 2004


On 2004.11.25, at 11:14  AM, Chesster67 at aol.com wrote:

> <<<<1.) Is the translation "the Word was a god" grammatically 
> possible?>>>>
>
> Yes, it is a possibility, but we shall find that the context deems 
> this a very unlikely translation.

To put it another way, John could *not* have used the article with 
QEOS, or else he would have equated the Father with the Word, which he 
didn't want to do, obviously...

Kind Regards,

Raymond Regalado
Tokyo, Japan




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