[B-Greek] subject in Rev 1:1
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sat Mar 7 10:09:51 EST 2009
On Aug 15, 2008, at 8:39 PM, Vasile Stancu wrote:
> The angel in 22:6 appears to be one of the seven angels in 21:9,
> which is
> not necessarily the one mentioned in 1:1.
> Vasile
>
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> From: "Oun Kwon" <kwonbbl at gmail.com>
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> Sent: 16. august 2008 08:16
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] subject in Rev 1:1
>
>
>>
>> Concerning 'His messenger'. It says Jesus sending His messenger to
>> the
>> congregations in 22:16 as Iver pointed out.
>>
>> However, I find another verse 22:6 which reads 'The Lord, the God of
>> the spirits of the prophets sent His angel froth to show His servant
>> the things that must take place quickly.'
>>
>> I'm not sure how to reconcile both verses in relation to 1:1.
>>
>> Oun.
>
> Since both hO KURIOS and hO QEOS can refer to either God Almighty or
> Jesus
> in Revelation, the
> reference in 22:6 is ambiguous. Rev. often disambiguates by adding hO
> PANTOKRATHR if God Almighty is
> in view. Here, the context indicates that the reference is Jesus as
> the Lord
> and the God (master
> over) the spirits of the prophets.
In other words, these differentiations are clear -- sometimes. And
when they are not clear, it doesn't really matter.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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