[B-Greek] John 1:18 translation Q

Brian Abasciano bvabasciano at gmail.com
Fri Aug 11 11:24:43 EDT 2006


I completely agree with Elizabeth and Harold.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Kline" <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net>
To: "Jason Kerrigan" <jasonandshon at yahoo.com>
Cc: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 1:56 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] John 1:18 translation Q


> 
> 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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