[B-Greek] 1 Peter 1:15
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Thu Jan 6 12:48:38 EST 2005
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:38:26 -0600 "Charles Rempel"
<CharlesR at mygalaxyexpress.com> writes:
> And so it would appear that the healing does not act upon itself even
> as the
> light does not cause itself to be. So help me clarify my thinking.
> How is
> this not passivef?
>
> Charles
>
> PS. I though I only moved the part I wanted to address up to the top
> and
> left the other at the bottom.
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Charles,
Sorry, I falsely accused you. I suppose I should have scrolled down
further. Top commenting gets things rather out of order.
I suppose the clearest I can make it is that it comes close to an
existential statement, but as a command. As I said, "Let it be."
george
gfsomsel
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: George F Somsel [mailto:gfsomsel at juno.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 11:11 AM
> To: CharlesR at mygalaxyexpress.com
> Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] 1 Peter 1:15
>
>
> On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:45:57 -0600 "Charles Rempel"
> <CharlesR at mygalaxyexpress.com> writes:
> > GFS: How are these passive? What is the subject which is being
> acted
> > upon?
> > It is not the centurion, surely? The servant? I think not.
> This
> > is rather
> > an impersonal construction "Let it happen."
> >
> > CDR: My question then becomes "What is it?" Does it refer to
> > healing? And if
> > so, is it not Jesus who does the healing?
> >
> > You might note that in the LXX this is precisely the term used
> >
> > GFS: KAI EIPEN hO QEOS, "GENHQHTW FWS." KAI EGENETO FWS.
> >
> > Gen 1.3
> >
> > CDR: Is not the subject "light"? Did the light act upon itself?
> Or
> > did God
> > cause light to manifest itself?
> >
> > Charles
> _________________
>
> Charles,
>
> Please, PLEASE, don't delete all of the pertinent information
> (such as the
> passage under discussion) when you reply -- trim it, yes.
>
> Yes, it refers to healing. Jesus says,
>
> EGW ELQWN QERAPEUSW AUTON
>
> and the centurion replies
>
> ALLA MONON EIPE LOGWi, KAI hIAQHSETA hO PAIS MOU
>
> The light happens the Hebrew is
>
> WaY.o)MeR )e:LoHiYM Y:Hi )oWR WaY:Hi_)oWR
>
> God said, "Let light be," and light was.
>
> george
> gfsomsel
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