[B-Greek] Luke geneology
Jim West
jwest at highland.net
Fri Dec 22 11:08:13 EST 2006
nicholas runecrow wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> KAI AUTOS HN hO IESOUS WSEI ETWN TRIAKONTA ARCOMENON WN WS ENOMIZETO hUIOS
> IWSHF TOU HLI TOU MATQAT TOU LEUI ... TOU SHQ TOU ADAM TOU QEOU
>
> Regarding "Jesus" as "A"; this geneology is generally read as "A of B; B of
> C; C of D" culminating in "Adam, the son of God". I was reading a few days
> ago that it could be understood as "A of B; A of C; A of D" culminating in
> "Jesus, the son of God". I would be pleased to hear your thoughts on this.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Nicholas Plant
Hi Nicholas,
I'm not sure there's any difference between the two ways of reading the
list. After all, the point, as you rightly note, is that Jesus is son
of God. Along with everyone else in the list and everyone else born of
Adam.
The Greek text doesn't address the supposed ambiguity between the two
readings that you raise because no such ambiguity really exists.
Best for a very happy Christmas,
Jim
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