[B-Greek] subject in Rev 1:1

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sat Aug 16 06:43:21 EDT 2008


On Aug 15, 2008, at 8:39 PM, Vasile Stancu wrote:

> The angel in 22:6 appears to be one of the seven angels in 21:9,  
> which is
> not necessarily the one mentioned in 1:1.
> Vasile
>
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> Sent: 16. august 2008 08:16
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>
>>
>> Concerning 'His messenger'. It says Jesus sending His messenger to  
>> the
>> congregations in 22:16 as Iver pointed out.
>>
>> However, I find another verse 22:6 which reads 'The Lord, the God of
>> the spirits of the prophets sent His angel froth to show His servant
>> the things that must take place quickly.'
>>
>> I'm not sure how to reconcile both verses in relation to 1:1.
>>
>> Oun.
>
> Since both hO KURIOS and hO QEOS can refer to either God Almighty or  
> Jesus
> in Revelation, the
> reference in 22:6 is ambiguous. Rev. often disambiguates by adding hO
> PANTOKRATHR if God Almighty is
> in view. Here, the context indicates that the reference is Jesus as  
> the Lord
> and the God (master
> over) the spirits of the prophets.

In other words, the differentiation between God and Jesus in  
Revelation is clear -- sometimes --, and when it's not, it doesn't  
matter.
And the solecisms of the author of Revelation should be understood as  
clear indications that a master stylist is at work here. Were it not  
so, this book wouldn't be so easy to understand (in the Greek text,  
that is).

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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