[B-Greek] 1st John 2:22
Richard Ghilardi
qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
Tue Nov 1 08:44:45 EST 2005
Hello Folks,
TIS ESTIN hO YEUSTHS EI MH hO ARNOUMENOS hOTI IHSOUS OUK ESTIN hO
XRISTOS;
I would prefer taking hOTI here as recitative introducing direct speech
rather than seeing a redundant negative. (I don't know of any other place
in the GNT where there is such a redundant negative.) So I render it:
Who is the liar who makes this denial: "Jesus is not the Christ"?
Yours in His grace,
Richard Ghilardi - qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
New Haven, Connecticut USA
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On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 02:32:24 +0000 kgraham0938 at comcast.net writes:
> @clare:
>
>
> Hey Clare, are you asking about EI MH (if not) or are you asking
> about hO APNOUMENOS and OUK ESTIN hO CRISTOS?
>
> liteally "the one who denies that Jesus is not the Messiah." If
> this is the case the negative is simply redundant and I don't think
> you need to translate it twice.
>
> So "who is the liar if not (EI MH) the one who denies that Jesus is
> the Messiah?"
>
> --
> Kelton Graham
> KGRAHAM0938 at comcast.net
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
>
> > In 1st John 2:22 I'm confused by the double negatives. Is it
> possible to
> > translate the verse this way:
> >
> > "Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is
> the Christ?"
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Clare Arnold
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