[B-Greek] Acts 15.14
malcolm robertson
mjriii2003 at yahoo.com
Thu May 26 11:34:47 EDT 2005
Dear Steve,
Very well said. Bravo.
Cordially in Christ,
Malcolm Robertson
Steve Westfall <steve.westfall at comcast.net> wrote:
CJ,
I think the key to understanding this isn't really a "Greek" issue, but one
of context. It is widely thought that LABEIN EX EQNWN LAON TWi ONOMATI
AUTOU in Acts 15:14 alludes to the LXX of Deut. 14:2: KAI SE EXELEXATO
KURIOS hW QEOS SOU GENESQAI SE AUTWi LAON PERIOUSION APO PANTWN TWN EQNWN.
The latter refers to Israel being chosen as a special people from among all
the nations. Then, three verses later in Acts 15:17, it quotes Amos 9:12
from the LXX (which differs considerably from the Hebrew): PANTA TA EQNH EF
hOUS EPIKEKLHTAI TO ONOMA MOU EP'AUTOUS.
This seems to indicate that TWi ONOMATI AUTOU "for his name" in 15:14 is the
same as "called by my name" in 15:17. Just as Israel was called to be the
people of a particular god, to bear his name, so to speak, James asserts in
his speech in Acts 15 that God has now likewise visited the Gentiles to do
the same thing.
Steve Westfall
Naperville, Illinois
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Subject: [B-Greek] Acts 15.14
Here's one of those "yes, I admit I'm looking for directions that support my
own theological quirks" kinds of questions; yet as it stands, I've no doubt
it falls within the scope of bgreek, so have at.
Acts 15.14: SUMEWN EXHGHSATO KAQWS PRWTON hO QEOS EPESKEYATO LABEIN EX EQNWN
LAON TWi ONOMATI AUTOU.
TWi ONOMATI: for the sake of his name? For his namesake? For himself (weak
NIV translation)?
My desire (against every English translation I've consulted) is agentive:
that he actually LABEINed the LAON from the EQNWN *by his name*.
But thinking about it, koine would probably do that with hUPO plus genitive,
no?
But wouldn't it by the same token probably like a prepositional phrase for
what we'd English as "for the sake of ..."?
I admit I've not done the research yet, nor searched the archives, so if I'm
rehashing anything boring, sorry. But if it's chew-on-able, I'd appreciate
any thoughts.
All best,
CJ Armstrong
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