[B-Greek] Apocalypse of Peter

Thomas J. Kraus t.j.kraus at web.de
Sat Jan 7 05:16:52 EST 2006


Thanks, George.
However, the text reads PAREXOMAI (and not PARECOMAI) and should be future,
shouldn't it?
The reference to Ignatius' letter is nice and helps a lot. Moreover, KOLASIS
refers to eternal punishment here as the next lines of the fragment provide
the "Acherusian lake" and the "Elysian Field", "eternal kingdom", "the cup
which I promised you at the hands of the son of the one who is in Hades" and
so on (addressing Peter).
I agree on "whatever they request" for hON EAN AITHSWNTAI. Nevertheless, if
we take PAREXOMAI into account, does not the fulfilment of the request
happen in the future?

Thomas J. Kraus

On 07.01.2006 11:14 Uhr "George F Somsel" at <gfsomsel at juno.com> wrote:
> There doesn't really seem to be a conditional here.  hON EAN AITHSWNTAI
> is simply "whatever they request."  PAREXOMAI is present though sometimes
> the present is use futuristically.  As regards being released from any
> punishment, it doesn't state that they will be released from it but that
> they will have their requests granted.  Perhaps you are thinking of
> KOLASIS as referring to eternal punishment.  If so, that is not always
> the case.  Ignatius in his letter to the Romans 5 wrote

> On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 09:46:47 +0100 "Thomas J. Kraus" <t.j.kraus at web.de>
> writes:
>> [PAR]EXOMAI TOIS KLHTOIS MOU KAI EKKLEKTOIS MOU,
>> hON EAN AITHSWNTAI ME EK THS KOLASEWS ...
>> "I will give to my called and my chosen whomsoever they will (would)
>> ask me
>> for out of punishment ..."




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