[B-Greek] John 18:37 EK THS ALHQEIAS

Elizabeth Kline kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Sat Nov 12 01:57:21 EST 2005


On Nov 11, 2005, at 8:51 PM, Stephen Baldwin wrote:

> EK THS ALHQEIAS
> When Jesus is speaking with Pilate, he says
> PAS hO WV e.t.a  AKOUEI MOU THS FWNHS
>
> Is he talking of those already "of the truth" i.e. born again of  
> the Spirit
> of Truth who will by definition recognise the voice of the one who  
> is Truth,
> or is he speaking of those still searching and is saying something  
> like "if
> you are wanting the truth, you will listen to me" or something else?


JN 18:37 EIPEN OUN AUTWi hO PILATOS: OUKOUN BASILEUS EI SU; APEKRIQH  
hO IHSOUS: SU LEGEIS hOTI BASILEUS EIMI. EGW EIS TOUTO GEGENNHMAI KAI  
EIS TOUTO ELHLUQA EIS TON KOSMON, hINA MARTURHSW THi ALHQEIAi: PAS hO  
WN EK THS ALHQEIAS AKOUEI MOU THS FWNHS.

PAS hO WN EK THS ALHQEIAS AKOUEI MOU THS FWNHS is a shortend version  
of the ALHQEIA-YEUDOS dualism very explictly spelled out in:

John 8:42 EIPEN AUTOIS hO IHSOUS: EI hO QEOS PATHR hUMWN HN HGAPATE  
AN EME, EGW GAR EK TOU QEOU EXHLQON KAI hHKW: OUDE GAR AP' EMAUTOU  
ELHLUQA, ALL' EKEINOS ME APESTEILEN.  43 DIA TI THN LALIAN THN EMHN  
OU GINWSKETE; hOTI OU DUNASQE AKOUEIN TON LOGON TON EMON.  44 hUMEIS  
EK TOU PATROS TOU DIABOLOU ESTE KAI TAS EPIQUMIAS TOU PATROS hUMWN  
QELETE POIEIN. EKEINOS ANQRWPOKTONOS HN AP' ARCHS KAI EN THi ALHQEIAi  
OUK ESTHKEN, hOTI OUK ESTIN ALHQEIA EN AUTWi. hOTAN LALHi TO YEUDOS,  
EK TWN IDIWN LALEI, hOTI YEUSTHS ESTIN KAI hO PATHR AUTOU.  45 EGW DE  
hOTI THN ALHQEIAN LEGW, OU PISTEUETE MOI.  46 TIS EX hUMWN ELEGCEI ME  
PERI hAMARTIAS; EI ALHQEIAN LEGW, DIA TI hUMEIS OU PISTEUETE MOI;  47  
hO WN EK TOU QEOU TA hRHMATA TOU QEOU AKOUEI: DIA TOUTO hUMEIS OUK  
AKOUETE, hOTI EK TOU QEOU OUK ESTE.



Elizabeth Kline







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