[B-Greek] 1 Peter 1:15
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Jan 12 07:18:20 EST 2005
At 4:51 AM -0600 1/12/05, Charles Rempel wrote:
>GENHQHTE
>
>HHebrews 6:4 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and
>have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy
>Spirit,
>
>METOXOUS GENHQENTAS PNEUMATOS AGIOU aorist passive participle accusative
>masculine plural
>
>They did not make themselves partakers, they were made partakers. Passive in
>concept.
For my part I see no problem with understanding GENHQENTAS here as
equivalent to the older form GENOMENOUS functioning as the aorist of EIMI
and I'd prefer Englishing it as "who have been sharers in HS"
>(And if this is passive in concept, it really messes with some theological
>interpretations of this passage. :-)
Even with the emoticon indicating witty intent, these recurrent allusions
to theological interpretation are inappropriate: this is not a forum even
for hinting provocations of theological dispute; there are places for
apologetic debate on the internet; B-Greek is not one of them.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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