[B-Greek] Rev 1:1 referent of pronouns (he, his)
Oun Kwon
kwonbbl at gmail.com
Sun May 21 13:38:37 EDT 2006
Hi there,
One of the major problem in translated English is identifying the
referent of the pronouns.
(In my native Korean, pronouns are not developed as extensively and
much less frequently employed. Their referents should be explicit. No
ambiguity is allowed.)
In Rev 1:1
APOKALUYIS IHSOU CRISTOU
hHN EDWKEN AUTW hO QEOS
DEIXAI TOIS DOULOIS AUTOU
hA DEI GENESQAI EN TACEI
KAI ESHMANEN APOSTEILAS DIA TOU AGGELOU AUTOU
TW DOULW AUTOU IWANNH
Aside from the obvious one (the subject of EDWKEN is hO QEOS),
I am trying to identify the subject of the verb DEIXAI – (?God or
Christ) and the verb ESHMANEN (?God or Christ).
Also the pronouns AUTOU: Can I settle AGGELOU AUTOU as God's
messenger or is it possible to read as 'Christ's messenger'; DOULOIS
AUTOU, DOULW AUTOU obviously referring to John, is he God's servant or
Christ's servant.
Or the text is grammatically ambiguous?
For example, in Korean translations all these refer to God; Most
English ones uses pronouns, leaving me unclear. A paraphrase one -
CEV - takes all these refer to Christ.
Thanks for your help.
Oun Kwon.
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