[B-Greek] 1st John 2:22

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Tue Nov 1 13:17:00 EST 2005


But on the other hand,
On Nov 1, 2005, at 11:01 AM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:

> On Nov 1, 2005, at 6:51 AM, kgraham0938 at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> What does BDAG means when it says on pg 132 of APNEOMAI.
>>
>> 1 Jn 2:22 w. hOTI foll. : a. hOTI 'IHS. OUK ESTIN hO CHRISTOS
>> " the neg. is redundant as Demosth 9, 54...."
>
> Demosthenes Orat., Philippica 3, Sect. 54, l. 7
> ...  hWN OUD AN ARNHQEIEN ENIOI hWS OUK
> EISI TOIOUTOI, LEGEIN KELEUETE ...
>
> ARNHQEIEN is a negative so to follow it with OUK makes a double
> negative which causes problems for English readers.

On the other hand, the clause in question (OUK EISIN TOIOUTOI) is  
here introduced by hWS, which functions pretty much as does hOTI to  
introduce a noun clause stating a proposition, so that the  
Demosthenes text reads, essentially, "some of whom would not even  
dispute it, insisting "they are not like that ..."


Carl W. Conrad
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