[B-Greek] 1 Peter 1:15
Charles Rempel
CharlesR at mygalaxyexpress.com
Sun Jan 2 14:46:03 EST 2005
>2 Peter 1:16 For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made
known
>to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we became
>eyewitnesses of His majesty.
>
>EPOPTAI GENHQHNTHS - aorist passive participle nm1s
CWC: Odd: looks to me like EPOPTAI is plural; I don't recognize the form of
GENHQHNTHS at all. My text (NA27) reads EPOPTAI GENHQENTES (THS EKEINOU
MEGALEIOTHTOS)
CDR: mea culpa - slip of the fingers(or was it the mind:-)
CWC: I'm wondering what clue EPOPTAI in this instance offers as to; the
voice which should be used?
CDR: I quote Barclay & Wuest (maybe Wuest quoted Barclay?:-)
"A technical word of the Greeks for those who attained the third degree of
the Eleusinian mysteries. The mystery religions were all of the nature of
passion plays, in which the story of a god who lived, suffered, died, and
rose again was played out. It was only after a long course of instruction
and preparation that the worshipper was finally allowed to be present at the
passion play, and to be offered the experience of becoming one with the
dying and rising god. When he reached this stage, he was an initiate and the
technical word to describe him was ENPOPTHS he was a privileged eye-witness
of the experiences of God." Barclay & Wuest
Notice the concept that they "were allowed to be present". So the passive
sense would be a legitimate option and consisten with the passive form.
Charles
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