[B-Greek] Matt 10:2: does prwtos refer only to Peter, or to both Peter and Andrew?
Delwyn X. Campbell
dxcj4life at hotmail.com
Tue May 8 23:12:08 EDT 2007
Τῶν δὲ δώδεκα ἀποστόλων τὰ ὀνόματά εἰσι ταῦτα· πρῶτος Σίμων ὁ λεγόμενος Πέτρος καὶ ᾿Ανδρέας ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ, ᾿Ιάκωβος ὁ τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ ᾿Ιωάννης ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ,
(Mat 10:2 GNT)
I am part of a fellowship group that has been discussing the issue of the development of the Papacy, and one person is arguing that prwtos refers to Peter only, but another is arguing that it refers to both “Peter and Andrew his brother.” The first person is using prwtos as being synonymous with archos. The second is arguing that the first one is reading something into the text that is not there in support of a doctrinal position.
Please advise, thanks.
Yours,
Delwyn
More information about the B-Greek
mailing list