[B-Greek] Jn 1:47 - ALHQWS = 'true'??
Harold Holmyard
hholmyard at ont.com
Wed Sep 13 17:45:58 EDT 2006
Webb wrote:
>I don't get why most of my translations make Jn 1:47 say that Nathaniel is a
>"true Israelite". The only verb I see to go with the adverb ALHQWS is (OUK)
>ESTIN, whose subject is DOLOS. Agreeing with NRSV, I would have rendered the
>statement, "Look! An Israelite who truly has no dishonesty in him!"
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>If I'm missing a nuance of how adverbs can function, can someone give me
>some examples of similar statements to help me get a feel for it?
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HH: I think it is translated with "true" to give idiomatic English. Here
is the NRSV:
John 1:47 When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him,
“Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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