[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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