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

Elizabeth Kline kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Mon Nov 14 15:46:48 EST 2005


On Nov 14, 2005, at 11:10 AM, Webb wrote:

> I think that John's Gospel and the Johannine Letters use EK in a  
> distinctive
> way that most often expresses a sense of trajectory. For example,  
> Jesus
> comes from (EK) God ...


EK/EX like APO can be used to indicate provenance personal and/or  
familial and John 8:44-47 shows that EK THS ALHQEIAS implies EK TOU  
QEOU and is the antithesis of EK TOU PATROS TOU DIABOLOU ... who 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.

Elizabeth Kline

Jn 8:44 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.





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