[B-Greek] aorist subjunctive in John 15:8

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Fri Aug 18 13:56:56 EDT 2006


Jn 15:8EN TOUTWi EDOXASQH hO PATHR MOU hINA KARPON POLUN FERHTE KAI GENHSQE EMOI MAQHTAI 
Check BDAG pg 199.
GINOMAI (7) to come into a certain state or possess certain characteristics, to be prove to be, turn out to be.
I think most translators are linking bearing fruit and being Jesus disciples as the same action.  So bearing fruit is proving to be his disciple.

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Kelton Graham 
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From: "Matt Rondeau" <mrondeau at mhc-oxford.org> 

> 
> 
> I was just curious how most of you would translate the aorist 
> subjunctive in John 15:8. Many translations use "prove to be" rather 
> than "become." This is interesting to me especially in relation to John 
> 12:36, which contains the exact form of the lexeme, but is translated 
> "become" by the same translations which have it as "prove to be" in John 
> 15:8. Thank you for your input. 
> 
> Matthew Rondeau 
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