[B-Greek] The Grace of the Lord Jesus ... or Lord of Jesus
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Apr 7 05:42:24 EDT 2006
On Apr 7, 2006, at 3:00 AM, Dan Gleason wrote:
> Rev 22:21 ... H XARIS TOU KURIOU IHSOU META PANTWN
>
> Is there ambiguity in this sentence?
>
> Most bibles translate this as:
> The Grace of the Lord Jesus be with all.
>
> Since IHSOU is genitive singular can the sentence also be
> translated as:
> The Grace of the Lord of Jesus be with all.
>
> Could the phrase "the Lord of Jesus" be seen as a title of God?
Not really, inasmuch as (a) KURIOS is quite regularly a title of
Jesus in the GNT, particularly when used with the article; (b)
although not absolutely necessary, I think it more likely that IHSOU
as genitive DEPENDENT upon KURIOU would have the article TOU.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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