[B-Greek] Fem article in Rev. 14:3
Harold Holmyard
hholmyard at ont.com
Tue Jan 3 21:34:42 EST 2006
Bert de Haan wrote:
>One more question today. This one about Rev. 14:3
>Why is the article in hAI hEKATON TESSERAKONTA TESSARES CILIADES feminine
>while immediatly following hOI HGORASMENOI is masculine though it seems to
>refer back to the former?
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The usage is similar to that in 7:4-5. The 144,000 are introduced in
terms of the masculine gender and are described as from the "sons of
Israel" (Rev 7:4). So the writer here in Rev 14:3 is reflecting the
earlier usage and thinks of the referents in using the masculine for hOI
HGORASMENOI.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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