[B-Greek] John 6:40 - PAS - "ALL" or "ALL THOSE WHO" ?

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Wed Aug 5 11:16:12 EDT 2009


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From: "Margaret Sim" <margaret_sim at sil.org>
To: "Iver Larsen" <iver_larsen at sil.org>; "Matthew Dent" <dentm42 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: 5. august 2009 13:42
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] John 6:40 - PAS - "ALL" or "ALL THOSE WHO" ?


> Folks,
> I suggest that you are ignoring the fact that the hINA clause has a 
> subjunctive verb. Yes, it explicates the TOUTO but could it not rather be what 
> John reports Jesus as saying about the father's will, namely: Everyone who 
> sees the son and believes in him SHOULD have eternal life. This does not mean 
> that it is indefinite but that it is anticipated, a 'desirable state of 
> affairs' rather than a 'state of affairs' which would have been introduced by 
> a hOTI clause.

Is the content clause for QELEW or QELHMA ever introduced by hOTI? hINA seems to 
be the only possibility for various good reasons.

Iver Larsen 




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