[B-Greek] John 1:18

Leonard Jayawardena leonardj at live.com
Fri Nov 6 00:05:57 EST 2009


(I am resending my last post [with a modification] as it went to the list with the text interpersed with some codes.)

 

>> LJ: Is not GENHS in MONOGENHS cognate with GENNAW (used in v. 1:13).>> Why cannot it mean "only-begotton"?  
 
> Only insofar as GENNAW "generate/beget" derives from the root GEN-> "come-to-be" or "kind/kindred"> -GENHS derives directly from GEN- 
 
> Carl W. Conrad> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)  
 
 
LJ: Doesn't the expression hO WN EIS TON KOLPON TOU PATROS indicate a filial-son relationship between MONOGENHS QEOS and PATROS (v. 18)? 
 
Further, on your understanding of MONOGENHS, how would you translate MONOGENHS in MONOGENOUS PARA PATROS (v. 14)? Note again the juxtaposition of this word with PATROS.
 
The context provides further support for MONOGENHS as "only-begotton": In v. 12 we are told that to those who believed in him he gave the power to become the "children of God"--in a spiritual sense, of course, as everyone would agree. Doesn't this imply that there was a time when Jesus was the only one born of God in a spiritual sense? Wouldn't it then provide the context for understanding MONOGENHS as "only-begotton" in vv. 14 and 18?   
 
 
Leonard Jayawardena
 

  		 	   		  
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