[B-Greek] NT Greek Urban Legends

peter pankonin peter.pankonin at gmail.com
Fri Dec 11 12:22:47 EST 2009


On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:00 PM,  <wmhboyd at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Of course, preachers also get misquoted sometime.
> I once heard a preacher say, "This is the word from which we get our word dynamite."
> Which is correct.
>

Yes, of course...and I'm sure that's how the preachers I've heard say
this have meant it (that we get our word dynamite from δυναμις).
However, is it correct to then apply the explosive/destructive nature
of dynamite back to the meaning of δυναμις and apply that to the power
of the gospel? Yes, the gospel is a powerful and wonderful force, but
is it explosive or destructive? (Perhaps to the kingdom of
darkness...)

IIRC, DA Carson addresses this in his book "Exegetical Fallacies"  but
it's been a while now since I last read it.



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