[B-Greek] Revelation 4:11

E Hatch ed at palermochristianchurch.org
Tue Nov 17 15:38:46 EST 2009


Re 4:11 “11 axiov ei o kuriov kai o yeov hmwn o agiov labein thn  
doxan kai thn timhn kai thn dunamin oti su ektisav ta panta kai dia  
to yelhma sou eisin kai ektisyhsan”

I am struggling with a concept in this verse, namely,  how can God  
"receive" power?  I can understand that God receives "glory" and  
"honor", but I have always thought that "power" was something  
inherent in God's nature.

So now the Greek.  What are the possibilities for "labein"?  Can it  
mean "receive" for the first two parts of the phrase and "have" for  
their third?  Or am I forced to accept that this is highly symbolic  
and the author used a bit of imprecision when he wrote,  
"received...power"?

E Hatch



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