[B-Greek] The Grace of the Lord Jesus ... or Lord of Jesus
frjsilver at optonline.net
frjsilver at optonline.net
Fri Apr 7 09:28:48 EDT 2006
Dear Friends --
My instincts are just the same as Prof. Conrad's. The lack of a second TOU makes both nouns depend on the definiteness/definition of the first.
Peace and blessings to all.
Father James Silver
Monk James
Orthodox Church in America
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
Date: Friday, April 7, 2006 5:42 am
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] The Grace of the Lord Jesus ... or Lord of Jesus
>
> 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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