[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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