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

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Sat Feb 5 01:46:02 EST 2005


It should have been obvious that the example from John 9:9 was not intented 
to have any divine theological connection to the EGW EIMI of John 8:58. It was 
soley an illustration for the argument that when a sentence structure in which 
the copulative verb is used without an object or complement it is then 
"absolute" and to be understood in the simple present tense. 

Richard Windisch

"...2- While EGW EIMI may translate the Hebrew of ANI HU' in Isaiah,  it  is 
theology, not grammar, that connects this with the EGW EIMI of John  8:58.  I 

would remark only that for obvious reasons such a theological  connection is 
not 
made with the EGW EIMI ("I am") of John 9:9, or even with the  similar EIMI 
hO 
EIMI ("I am what/who I am") of 1 Corinthians 15:10.

In other words, not all [EGW] EIMI's are expressions of  divinity.  And 
grammatical constructs cannot decide where or when they  are such."

Solomon




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