[B-Greek] John 18:37 EK THS ALHQEIAS
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Sat Nov 12 02:43:41 EST 2005
On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 04:51:19 +0000 "Stephen Baldwin"
<stbaldwi at hotmail.com> writes:
> Ladies and Gentlemen:
> Could anyone shed some light on the phrase
> 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?
>
> Thanks
>
> Stephen Baldwin
> stbaldwi at hotmail.com
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EK THS ALHQEIAS is an example of the usage of EK to denote the "origin,
cause, motive, reason" for something. This is #3 under EK in BDAG. BUY
IT NOW!!! This denotes that those whose origin is in truth will listen.
Cf. the similar idea in the repeated admonition in Revelation hO EXWN OUS
AKOUSATW TI TO PNEUMA LEGEI TAIS EKKLHSIAIS where is only those who "have
ears" who will hear.
george
gfsomsel
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