[B-Greek] Eph 1:13 and Acts 15:7, Greek Connection??

Elizabeth Kline kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Tue Nov 22 12:08:19 EST 2005


On Nov 22, 2005, at 7:48 AM, mike karoules wrote:

> This is something I have been looking at for some time and this  
> novice can use some input.  Eph 1:13,
>
>                 EN W KAI UMEIS AKOUSANTES TWN LOGON THS ALHQEIAS TO  
> EUAGGELIWN THS SOTHRIAS UMWN ENW KAI PISTEUSANTES. . .
>
>   Can the verbs of "to hear" and  "to believe" allow this verse to  
> connect  or parallel with the same verbs in the following verse(be- 
> it the grammer is slightly different):
>
>   Acts 15:7,  ". . . W QEOS DIA TOU STWMATOS MOU AKOUSAI  TA EQNH  
> TOWN LOGON TOU EUAGGELIOU DAI PISTEUSAI . ."
>
>   (1)  Could some one who know only NT Greek make an easy  
> comparison or cross reference of the two verses based on the  
> grammer??  What about conceptually??
>
>   (2)  Could I be picking at straws here even though the verbs of  
> "to Hear" and "believe" in Eph 1:13 are participles but in Acts  
> 15:7 the same verbs are in the infinitive??  Are they just as  
> easily compared to in the english as in the NT greek

Mike,

The colocation of PISTEUW and AKOUW where PISTEUW is causally  
dependent on AKOUW is quite widespread in the GNT. Here are a few  
examples :

LUKE 8:12 hOI DE PARA THN hODON EISIN hOI AKOUSANTES, EITA ERCETAI hO  
DIABOLOS KAI AIREI TON LOGON APO THS KARDIAS AUTWN, hINA MH  
PISTEUSANTES SWQWSIN.  13 hOI DE EPI THS PETRAS hOI hOTAN AKOUSWSIN  
META CARAS DECONTAI TON LOGON, KAI hOUTOI hRIZAN OUK ECOUSIN, hOI  
PROS KAIRON PISTEUOUSIN KAI EN KAIRWi PEIRASMOU AFISTANTAI.
JOHN 4:42 THi TE GUNAIKI ELEGON hOTI OUKETI DIA THN SHN LALIAN  
PISTEUOMEN, AUTOI GAR AKHKOAMEN KAI OIDAMEN hOTI hOUTOS ESTIN ALHQWS  
hO SWTHR TOU KOSMOU.
JOHN 5:24 AMHN AMHN LEGW hUMIN hOTI hO TON LOGON MOU AKOUWN KAI  
PISTEUWN TWi PEMYANTI ME ECEI ZWHN AIWNION KAI EIS KRISIN OUK  
ERCETAI, ALLA METABEBHKEN EK TOU QANATOU EIS THN ZWHN.
ACTS 4:4 POLLOI DE TWN AKOUSANTWN TON LOGON EPISTEUSAN KAI EGENHQH  
[hO] ARIQMOS TWN ANDRWN [hWS] CILIADES PENTE.
ACTS 13:48 AKOUONTA DE TA EQNH ECAIRON KAI EDOXAZON TON LOGON TOU  
KURIOU KAI EPISTEUSAN hOSOI HSAN TETAGMENOI EIS ZWHN AIWNION:
ACTS 15:7 POLLHS DE ZHTHSEWS GENOMENHS ANASTAS PETROS EIPEN PROS  
AUTOUS: ANDRES ADELFOI, hUMEIS EPISTASQE hOTI AF' hHMERWN ARCAIWN EN  
hUMIN EXELEXATO hO QEOS DIA TOU STOMATOS MOU AKOUSAI TA EQNH TON  
LOGON TOU EUAGGELIOU KAI PISTEUSAI.
ACTS 18:8 KRISPOS DE hO ARCISUNAGWGOS EPISTEUSEN TWi KURIWi SUN hOLWi  
TWi OIKWi AUTOU, KAI POLLOI TWN KORINQIWN AKOUONTES EPISTEUON KAI  
EBAPTIZONTO.
ROM. 10:14 PWS OUN EPIKALESWNTAI EIS hON OUK EPISTEUSAN; PWS DE  
PISTEUSWSIN hOU OUK HKOUSAN; PWS DE AKOUSWSIN CWRIS KHRUSSONTOS;
1COR. 11:18 PRWTON MEN GAR SUNERCOMENWN hUMWN EN EKKLHSIAi AKOUW  
SCISMATA EN hUMIN hUPARCEIN KAI MEROS TI PISTEUW.
EPH. 1:13 EN hWi KAI hUMEIS AKOUSANTES TON LOGON THS ALHQEIAS, TO  
EUAGGELION THS SWTHRIAS hUMWN, EN hWi KAI PISTEUSANTES ESFRAGISQHTE  
TWi PNEUMATI THS EPAGGELIAS TWi hAGIWi,

This list might be expanded by substituting a semantic equivalent for  
AKOUW.


Elizabeth Kline







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