[B-Greek] subject in Rev 1:1
Vasile Stancu
stancu at mail.dnttm.ro
Thu Aug 14 08:31:11 EDT 2008
The subject of this verb may be indeed ambiguous if we relied solely on the
"internal", i.e. contained within the same sentence, mechanisms. Some
"extrenal" evidence however seems to point to the fact that the angel who
brought the message is Jesus' angel (Rev 22:16), therefore it is probable
that the subject of ESHMANEN here is indeed Jesus.
Vasile STANCU
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Subject: Re: [B-Greek] subject in Rev 1:1
On Aug 13, 2008, at 1:09 PM, kgraham0938 at comcast.net wrote:
> hO QEOS is the subject because it is nominative and the angel
> belongs to the Father. IHSOU CHRISTOU is genitive so it cannot be
> the subject of the verb.
>
> --
> Kelton Graham
> KGRAHAM0938 at comcast.net
>
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> From: "Beata Urbanek" <beata.urbanek at op.pl>
>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> Rev 1:1 says: APOKALUYIS IHSOU CRISTOU hHN EDWKEN AUTWi hO QEOS
>> DEIXAI TOIS
>> DOULOIS AUTOU hA DEI GENESQAI EN TACEI KAI ESHMANEN APOSTEILAS DIA
>> TOU AGGELOU
>> AUTOU TWi DOULWi AUTOU IWANNHi
>>
>>
>> My question is: what is the subject of the verb ESHMANEN? Is it hO
>> QEOS because
>> it is the nearest possible noun and in nominative? Or is it Jesus
>> Christ because
>> APOKALUYIS was given to him and he can give it to others?
>> Consequently, whose
>> AGGELOS is it?
>>
>> Beata Urbanek
>>
>>
The subject of the verb ESHMANEN is ambiguous. The case of hO QEOS is
irrelevant since KAI in KAI ESHMANEN APOSTEILAS introduces a new
clause. The semantic structure seems to point to IHSOUS CRISTOS as the
subject, since AUTWi in EDWKEN AUTWi hO QEOS is coreferential with
IHSOU CRISTOU who is the subject of DEIXAI TOIS DOULOIS AUTOU.
Elizabeth Kline
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