[B-Greek] John 1:18 translation Q
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Fri Aug 11 01:56:57 EDT 2006
On Aug 10, 2006, at 8:58 PM, Jason Kerrigan wrote:
> As in Acts 15:14 God is the subject of the discourse, likewise God
> is the subject being declared in John 1:18. God is being declared
> as the subject. The accusative represents the object of an action,
> but the Son declaring God does not make theos the object. As I see
> it theos is the subject of that declaration and thus should be
> expected to appear as the nominative.
Jason,
It appears that "subject" here is not being used as a grammatical
term, e.g. subject verb object, but as a noun meaning "content/focus
of a discourse". Perhaps I am misreading this but if not ...
I agree with Harold that there is no indirect discourse being
introduced in Jn 1:18 so Acts 15:14 is not going to help you here.
Elizabeth Kline
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