[B-Greek] John 1:1,3 staircase pattern

kgraham0938 at comcast.net kgraham0938 at comcast.net
Tue Jul 4 10:11:43 EDT 2006


> Kelton, I would urge you to watch out for the mixing of 
> transliteration forms for "Nu": we don't use the "V" but "N" only for 
> Nu. 

Response: Whoops, have not been on here in awhile, forgot the system.

> There's dispute over the punctuation of 1:3 (for which see Metzger's 
> notes), but in terms of the NA27/UBS4 printed text these three 
> clauses DO bear out the staircase pattern: 
> 
> PANTA DI' AUTOU EGENETO (PANTA EGENETO) 
> KAI CWRIS AUTOU EGENETO OUDE hEN (EGENETO OUDE hEN) 
> hO\ GEGONEN EN AUTWi ZWH HN (GEGONEN ... ZWH HN). 

Response:  Thanks, I appreciate this.  Although I don't see how one can make sense of hO GEGONEN if it is in verse 4, I can't make heads or tails of the translation.
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Kelton Graham 
KGRAHAM0938 at comcast.net


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