[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>
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> 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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