[B-Greek] subject in Rev 1:1

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Thu Aug 14 15:32:08 EDT 2008


Rev 1:1  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

On Aug 14, 2008, at 11:30 AM, kgraham0938 at comcast.net wrote:

> Hello, but would'nt you see the KAI there linking the two clauses  
> together?

Not necessarily, KAI in the apocalypse is often used like vav in hebrew.


>   And secondly, I would not see IHSOU CHRISTOU as the subject of   
> DEIXAI TOIS DOULOIS  because I would take the infinitive as  
> modifying EDWKEN denoting purpose.  God gave in order to show his  
> servant...

The christology of the Apocalypse and the Gospel of John clearly point  
to IHSOUS CRISTOS as the agent of revelation and for that and other  
reasons I would understand IHSOUS CRISTOS as the agent of DEIXAI TOIS  
DOULOIS (plural!). So in the semantic structure of Rev 1:1 looking  
backwards from KAI ESHMANEN APOSTEILAS we find the most recent agent  
is the subject of DEIXAI TOIS DOULOIS.

I am not saying the other readings are impossible.

Elizabeth Kline







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