[B-Greek] AGAPAW, FILEW, etc. in the GNT
Austin Alexander
austinjalexander at gmail.com
Fri Feb 17 07:33:26 EST 2006
I agree with Dr. Conrad, and although I would assume that this issue has
been discussed many times in B-Greek past, I would like to put forth what I
am sure many already know about the topic: that the question of "AGAPAW,
FILEW, etc. in the GNT" should be subdivided as the question(s) of "AGAPAW,
FILEW, etc. in the [place a particular book here]."
Thus, in the Gospel of John for instance, attention needs to be paid to that
specific author's usage of the words under consideration. And when such a
study is under way, it becomes clear that the author of the Gospel of John
uses AGAPAW, FILEW, and their cognates interchangeably at times: for
example, see John 3:35 and John 5:20; John 11:5 and John 11:3; John 13:23
and John 20:2.
Therefore, in places like the John 21 pericope, it is quite possible that
the author, in a seemingly Johannine style, is "mixing it up" for his
audience, probably to avoid an unnecessary redundancy (of course, John
certainly liked his repetition at times also…).
FWIW,
Austin
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