[B-Greek] Heb 10:29 who is he..?

craig newsgroupstuff at people.net.au
Fri Nov 18 01:43:21 EST 2005


Hi all. Regarding below, I just did a search in archives, and found previous
posts about question 2 below. So if there is nothing further to add, maybe
focus on Q1.

FYI Previous posts were under subject of "Hebrews 10:29" and here is my
summary of the interaction:

[Doug Hoxworth:]
however, TON hUION does not seem to be
the subject of the sentence and the hWi is
semantically subordinate to/nested within a different participial phrase.
for these reasons, i personally think it is unlikely that TON hUION is the
antecedent to hWi. while as carl said that it is not impossible, i cannot
see a reason that would support/necessitate this reading (other than
imposing certain theologies on the text) [Also has a good diagramming of the
verse!]

[Carl W. Conrad:]
All of which is to say: it's a matter of reading the text in context  
rather than of parsing the Greek; the subject of hHGIASQH is NOT  
spelled out here but implicit. Guessing at the subject of hHGIASQH is  
not a matter of understanding the Greek as Greek.

--
Craig Johnson
Brisbane, Australia 


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> Heb 10:29
> POSW DOKEITE CEIRONOS AXIWQHSETAI TIMWRIAS hO TON hUION TOU 
> QEOU KATAPATHSAS KAI TO hAIMA THS DIAQHKHS KOINON hHGHSAMENOS 
> EN hW hHGIASQH KAI TO PNEUMA THS CARITOS ENUBRISAS
> 
> I have questions about 10:29, and who it is talking about.
> 
> 1. Regarding the main subject of AXIWQHSETAI (3rd pers sg 
> Future Passive), I think there are two possibilities. Either 
> it is speaking hypothetically of what will be the situation 
> of 'one of us' (10:26) should we end up doing the things 
> spoken of; or it could be talking about those real existing 
> people who have already done this. Is there anything in the 
> Greek usage that would indicate one or the other, or is it 
> ambiguous based on grammar alone, and requires 
> interpretation? For example, can the future be used in this 
> hypothetical way, or should some kind of subjunctive be used? 
> Does it make any difference that it is used with DOKEW?
> 
> 2. Regarding the subject of hHGIASQH, again, there are two 
> possibilities. The more natural would seem to be the same as 
> in 1. above. Another alternative would be to refer to Christ 
> (either from TON hUION or from wider context). Does the 
> grammar *necessitate* either, or is again a question of 
> interpretation? (Admittedly I think a good case would be 
> required to go with the latter, but is it *possible* grammatically?)
> 
> Thanks!




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