[B-Greek] 2 Peter 1:20 and context

Kimmo Huovila kimmo.huovila at kolumbus.fi
Fri May 28 16:36:31 EDT 2010


Could the whole thought be paraphrased as "no prophesy is ever a matter of the 
prophet's personal resolution/interpretation (of God's will/message), but they 
spoke words from God as they are being carried along (inspired) by the Holy 
Spirit"? In other words, never is a prophesy the result of the prophets 
interpretation but rather it is given by inspiration. This is an attempt to 
combine Iver's point about the relationship between the two verses and Carl's 
point about the lack of preposition.

TI hUMIN DOKEI?

Kimmo Huovila

On torstai 27 toukokuu 2010, Carl Conrad wrote:
> I really think that GINETAI is more a copula than a verb of generation, and 
I
> think that IDIAS EPILUSEWS must be a predicate genitive: "isn't ever a
> matter of personal resolution/interpretation." I don't think there's any 
parallel 
> of GINETAI with FERW and LALEW and I don't think that IDIAS EPILUSEWS
> as a genitive phrase without a preposition can have an instrumental sense. I 
just
> don't think that IDIAS EPILUSEWS OU GINETAI is at all parallel to hUPO 
> PNEUMATOS hAGIOU FEROMENOI ELALHSAN APO QEOU ANQRWPOI.




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