[B-Greek] Jn 2:4 TI EMOI KAI SOI, GUNAI

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Apr 1 12:02:57 EST 2005


At 7:43 AM -0800 4/1/05, Elizabeth Kline wrote:
>On 3/31/05 8:53 PM, "David McKay" <david.mckay at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Goodspeed says that every time this phrase is used, whether in the LXX or
>> NT, it is expressing protest, warning or hostility.
>
>That would be a significant fact if it could be substantiated.

Yes, I think so, but apparently it is NOT something about which there is
general agreement.

>Dr. Conrad, this question is about the Language of the NT. That is what this
>list is all about, isn't it?

Yes, but most of the discussion on this verse has seemed to me to be more
speculative about possible implications of the context than about the Greek
text.
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Carl W. Conrad
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