[B-Greek] John 1:47 ALHQWS

Barbara D. Colt babc2 at comcast.net
Wed Jun 15 12:06:05 EDT 2005



On 15 Jun 2005 at 14:59, Iver Larsen wrote:

> >
> > On Jun 14, 2005, at 4:47 AM, D Jongkind wrote:
> >
> > > John 1:47
> > > IDE ALHQWS ISRAHLITHS EN W DOLOS OUK ESTIN
> > >
> >
> > An interesting question, Dirk. After a bit of reflection, I rather
> > think ALHQWS is adverbial and construes with an implicit verb: ESTIN
> > would be a pretty good candidate, I think, especially since we have
> > the rare active imperative IDE instead of IDOU, which is more common:
> > "Take note! Here's an israelite in the authentic sense (rightly so-
> > called) ..." I do think that a verb must be implicit here and something
> > like a hOUTOS also. On the other hand, I suppose it could be argued that
> > ISRAHLITHS is generic and functioning more like a predicate adjective:
> > "Here's an Israelite, one rightly so-called."
> >
> > That, as I say, is after a bit of reflection; I'd like to hear other
> > views on this question.
> >
Is there something wrong with "indeed" other than that it appears in the 
KJV?

Barbara D. Colt, mailto:babc2 at comcast.net
St John the Evangelist, San Francisco
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