[B-Greek] John 3:3-4 (was Ambiguity)

Oun Kwon kwonbbl at gmail.com
Sat Feb 6 01:23:56 EST 2010


On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 6:17 PM, George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure what significance you apparently assign to the Syriac.  Although it is a development of Aramaic, it is a later development which has little if any significance for this discussion.
>
> While Jesus does play off Nick's image of entering once again into the womb by also using the word εἰσέρχομαι to reference entering into the Kingdom (used twice here -- once by Nick and once by Jesus),  of greater significance is the use of the term ἄνωθεν ANWQEN which is used 3 times and thus carries the scope of the message:  Jn 3.3, 7, 31.  In the last usage seems tacked onto JB's words to designate Jesus as the one who comes from God.  The catchword ἄνωθεν ANWQEN is thus the unifying concept of this passage.

> gfsomsel

True, as the thematic word,

ANWQEN=from above (v. 3, 7)
      = born out of spirit (v. 5)

Oun Kwon.



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