[B-Greek] John 8:58 as translation greek

Jeffrey B. Gibson jgibson000 at comcast.net
Thu Feb 3 20:44:06 EST 2005


 

Awohili at aol.com wrote:

>  
> The context of my statement was clearly the Bible, not Philo.

I understand that.  Sorry if I was unclear.

> Philo's usage may or may not have anything to do with that of the LXX, or
> John and Jesus, or Paul.  Sometimes context is everything.

Yes, and since Philo may have been (part of ) the  "context" in which the author
of John worked, it may be important to examine Philo's usage to see if it
illuminates the "I am" of Jn 8:58..

That's all I was suggesting.

Jeffrey
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