[B-Greek] hUPOSTASIS Hebrews 3:14

Michael Abernathy michaelabernat9001 at sbcglobal.net
Fri Jan 11 01:01:48 EST 2008


Jeffrey,
Thank you for answering.
Now, concerning TDNT, I wasn't taking it as authoritative. It just 
triggered a thought that I was following up on.
I agree that the author seems to be vastly overstating his case.

I didn't ignore the other possible translations for hUPOSTASEWS. I 
actually took the time to see how this was used in the LXX. It didn't 
seem to me that "confidence" was the primary use in the OT.  I was 
merely considering an alternate interpretation.

You may be right in that I did not give enough consideration to this 
being articular. However, consider all the translations which read, "the 
beginning of our confidence." Something along the line of "the beginning 
of our reality or our existence" did not seem terribly unreasonable in 
that context.

How does one hold firmly to the beginning of our existence? I would 
assume that would be equivalent to saying hold firmly to Jesus who the 
author of Hebrews has already stated created everything (Heb. 1:2).
Sincerely,
Michael Abernathy




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