[B-Greek] John 6:40 - PAS - "ALL" or "ALL THOSE WHO" ?
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Wed Aug 5 13:17:00 EDT 2009
Returning to the original question.
On Aug 4, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Matthew Dent wrote:
>
> I'm having difficulty thinking through John 6:40:
>
> TOUTO GAR ESTIN
> TO QELHMA TOU PATROS MOU INA
> PAS O QEWRWN TON UION KAI
> PISTEUWN EIS AUTON EXH ZWHN AIWNION
>
>
> Specifically, I'm wondering whether "O QEWRWN ... KAI PISTEUWN EIS
> AUTON" in the phrase "INA PAS O QEWRWN TON UION KAI PISTEUWN EIS
> AUTON EXH ZWHN AIWNION" creates a bounded set which limits the scope
> of the "PAS" or whether it describes the desired state of being of
> the "PAS".
.
John 6:37 πᾶν ὃ δίδωσίν μοι ὁ πατὴρ πρὸς
ἐμὲ ἥξει, καὶ τὸν ἐρχόμενον πρὸς
ἐμὲ οὐ μὴ ἐκβάλω ἔξω, 38 ὅτι
καταβέβηκα ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οὐχ ἵνα
ποιῶ τὸ θέλημα τὸ ἐμὸν ἀλλὰ τὸ
θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με. 39 τοῦτο δέ
ἐστιν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με,
ἵνα πᾶν ὃ δέδωκέν μοι μὴ ἀπολέσω
ἐξ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸ [ἐν]
τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ. 40 τοῦτο γάρ
ἐστιν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρός μου, ἵνα
πᾶς ὁ θεωρῶν τὸν υἱὸν καὶ πιστεύων
εἰς αὐτὸν ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον, καὶ
ἀναστήσω αὐτὸν ἐγὼ [ἐν] τῇ ἐσχάτῃ
ἡμέρᾳ.
.
JOHN 6:37 PAN hO DIDWSIN MOI hO PATHR PROS EME hHXEI, KAI TON
ERCOMENON PROS EME OU MH EKBALW EXW, 38 hOTI KATABEBHKA APO TOU
OURANOU OUC hINA POIW TO QELHMA TO EMON ALLA TO QELHMA TOU PEMYANTOS
ME. 39 TOUTO DE ESTIN TO QELHMA TOU PEMYANTOS ME, hINA PAN hO DEDWKEN
MOI MH APOLESW EX AUTOU, ALLA ANASTHSW AUTO [EN] THi ESCATHi hHMERAi.
40 TOUTO GAR ESTIN TO QELHMA TOU PATROS MOU, hINA PAS hO QEWRWN TON
hUION KAI PISTEUWN EIS AUTON ECHi ZWHN AIWNION, KAI ANASTHSW AUTON EGW
[EN] THi ESCATHi hHMERAi.
.
We see three statements with PAS
.
PAN hO DIDWSIN MOI hO PATHR PROS EME hHXEI, KAI TON ERCOMENON PROS EME
OU MH EKBALW EXW
.
PAN hO DEDWKEN MOI MH APOLESW EX AUTOU
.
PAS hO QEWRWN TON hUION KAI PISTEUWN EIS AUTON ECHi ZWHN AIWNION
.
The three PAS/PAN hO all have the same referent, do they not? I think
they all refer to the same group. The PAS puts some emphasis on the
extension, the boundaries of the group. As Iver has pointed out, PAS/
PAN isn't strictly necessary but we lose something if it is taken
out. In each case everyone PAS/PAN who meets the stated condition
becomes a member of this group. In the first two the condition is
identical PAN hO DIDWSIN MOI hO PATHR PROS EME. This helps to define
TO QELHMA TOU PATROS in v.40. TO QELHMA TOU PATROS and TO QELHMA TOU
PEMYANTOS ME does not point to a merely desired state of affairs. It
points to state of affairs which is certainly future because DIDWSIN
MOI hO PATHR PROS EME. In other words hO PATHR doesn't just wish that
this state of affairs would be realized, hO PATHR takes the necessary
action DIDWSIN MOI to insure that this state of affairs is realized.
The human action is subsequent to and dependent on the DIDWSIN MOI hO
PATHR PROS EME.
.
This doesn't make the human action dispensable, or insignificant. Take
a close look at the sequence here PAN hO DIDWSIN MOI hO PATHR PROS EME
hHXEI, KAI TON ERCOMENON PROS EME OU MH EKBALW EXW. It is hO PATHR
who gives them, the result is they come to Jesus, and those who come
to Jesus he does not reject. So coming to Jesus is the middle term, a
necessary human response. In verse 40 the middle term is hO QEWRWN TON
hUION KAI PISTEUWN EIS AUTON.
.
This is an attempt understand John's thought, not to promote some sort
of reformed exegetical agenda.
.
Elizabeth Kline
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