[B-Greek] Jn 20:28 - Grammatical difference between the nominative for vocative or of exclamation?
Robb Wallace
robbw at calvary-tricities.org
Fri Mar 31 18:03:40 EST 2006
Jn 20:28 APEKRIQH QWMAS KAI EIPEN AUTWi, hO KURIOS MOU KAI hO QEOS MOU.
Greetings,
The phrase “My Lord and my God” in Jn 20:28 contains articular nominatives (Lord, God) which are identified by Robertson and Wallace as the “Nominative for Vocative”. I would think the way Jehovah’s Witnesses view this they would want to classify it as the “Nominative for Exclamation”. Besides context (Jesus not rebuking Thomas) is there a way to tell the difference between the use of the nominative for vocative and the nominative of exclamation strictly by syntax? Wallace lists 3 ways to identify: (1) the lack of a verb (though one may be implied), (2) the obvious emotion of the author, and (3) the necessity of an exclamation point in translation. I would think reasons 2 and 3 could apply here, but would the verbs APEKRIQH and/or EIPEN disqualify the phrase as a Nominative for Exclamation? Are there any additional ways to support the Nom. for Vocative identification?
Thanks,
Robb Wallace
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