[B-Greek] 1Cor11.10 acc. of comparison?

John VanRietschoten jvanriet1 at mts.net
Tue Mar 22 10:21:20 EST 2005


L.S. 1Cor 11.10 has long been a crux interpretum. DIA TOUS ANGELOUS. For myself I have come to a conclusion I would like to submit to scrutinizing by others. I came to regard this as a DIA with and accusative of comparison. The factor in the comparison is the forms of KALUPTW of women used in the immediate context preceding and the DOQSA in the immediate context following. As the angels cover their faces because of the glory of God (Isa 6.2) so a married woman in worship is to cover her head because of the glory of her husband. I became more convinced of this reading A.T.Robertson "Grammar." p583 on dia with the accusative writing "the notion of dia with the accusative "between is still present". In the comparison in vs 10 the notion of between indeed is present. In A.T. Robertson "Word Pictures" at 1Cor 11.10 the author refers to angels present in worship and "shocked at the conduct of the women since the angels themselves veil their faces before Jehovah". Though Robertson does not speak of comparison he does note the position of the angels comparing themselves with the behavior of the women. I still like my "accusative of comparison better". Any takes?


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