[B-Greek] Jn 17:3 Gk syntax
Oun Kwon
kwonbbl at gmail.com
Sat Jan 13 12:50:38 EST 2007
On 1/13/07, Iver Larsen <iver_larsen at sil.org> wrote:
> My comments introduced by IL:
>
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> From: "Oun Kwon" <kwonbbl at gmail.com>
>
>
> Jn 17:3
> hAUTH DE ESTIN hH AIWNIOS ZWH
> hINA GINWSKWOSIN SE TON MONON ALHQINON QEON KAI hON APESTEILAS IHSOUN CRISTON
>
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> There are 60 instances of hAUTA in John's Gospel apart from 15:17, and all of them are anaphoric,
> referring back to the previous context. That is one reason I think it unlikely that hAUTA in this
> particular sentence should be kataphoric. Furthermore, in all such constructions with hAUTA and hINA
> in both John and Paul, hAUTA is always anaphoric (I found 17 of them, 5 in Paul's letters, 9 in
> John's Gospel, and 3 in 1 John).
>
> Iver Larsen
Hi, Iver.
Thanks lot for your digging details for me.
Can I make clear of what I hear from you?
"Therefore, hAUTH in Jn 17:3 is anaphoric and does not refer to the
eternal life in the preceding verse."
And there is no example of kataphoric use of it?
Oun.
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