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

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Thu Aug 6 03:35:01 EDT 2009


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Sanders" <john.franklin.sanders at gmail.com>
To: "Elizabeth Kline" <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net>
Cc: "greek B-Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: 6. august 2009 08:27
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] John 6:40 - PAS - "ALL" or "ALL THOSE WHO" ?


>I think that the answers given are accurate as they pertain to the Greek,
> but they do not answer the question as put forth:
>
> "The difference being in (1) it is the desire of the father that those who
> are in a condition of perceiving and believing would have eternal life.
> Whereas in (2) it is the desire of the father that all would be in a
> condition of perceiving and believing and that all would have eternal life."

Well, I thought the arguments from grammar and similar constructions were clear 
enough to indicate that (1) is the intended sense, and (2) would have to be 
expressed in a different way with a subjunctive on the perceiving. Notice also 
how in English you/Matthew had to add a second "would" in (2) which is not 
reflected in the Greek text. Matthew also added an "add" after "believing" which 
is not in the text. You can say that the desire of the father is that all might 
have eternal life, but the condition is clear in that only (all) those who 
perceive that Jesus is the "son of God" and believes in him will actually obtain 
that life.

Iver Larsen 




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