[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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