[B-Greek] Rev 7:4
Andrew Witelde
adslkq7b at tpg.com.au
Mon Apr 2 23:24:11 EDT 2007
No, no. I'm trying to discern whether the 144,000 are "taken out of Israel, thus leaving others
behind in Israel" or the 144,000 "are Israel, thus Israel as a whole numbers 144,000".
Quoting George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>:
> EK can be partitive. Note the usage in Mt 26.73
>
> META MIKRON DE PROSELQONTES hOI ESTWTES EIPON TWi PETRWi, "ALHQWS KAI
> SU EC AUTWN EI, KAI GAR hH LALIA SOU DHLON SE POIEI.
>
> If you are trying to use that to make the number greater than
> 144,000, however, you are going against the clear statement of the
> passage.
>
> george
> gfsomsel
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> Does EK imply "all of" or "part of" or neither (or both)?
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