[B-Greek] Referent of THN AUTHN in Heb. 6:11

Webb webb at selftest.net
Wed May 16 23:09:18 EDT 2007


10 OU GAR ADIKOS hO QEOS EPILAQESQAI TOU ERGOU hUMWN 
KAI THS AGAPHS hHS ENEDEIXASQE EIS TO ONOMA AUTOU 
DIAKONHSANTES TOIS hAGIOIS KAI DIAKONOUNTES 
11 EPIQUMOUMEN DE hEKASTON hUMWN THN AUTHN ENDEIKNUSQAI SPOUDHN 
PROS THN PLHROFORIAN THS ELPIDOS ACRI TELOUS (Heb. 6:10-11)

On first reading, I took THN AUTHN in v. 11 as meaning "the same as each
other". But then I thought, could it mean, the same SPOUDH as they have
displayed and are displaying by serving the holy ones (v. 10)? I don't
advocate that reading; but if anyone can give me a grammatical reason for
considering it or for ruling it out, I'd be grateful. 

Webb Mealy






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