[B-Greek] Question on Jn. 4:2

Blue Meeksbay bluemeeksbay at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 1 14:19:36 EDT 2010


Dear List,
 
-KAITOIGE IHSOUS AUTOS OUK EBAPTIZEN ALL᾽ hOI MAQHTAI AUTOU- Jn. 4:2
 
I have a question I hope someone can answer. John the Baptist, we know, would 
baptize anyone that came to him in repentance, whether they wished to become his 
disciple or not.  However, with Jesus, is there any grammatical rule that would 
allow the thought to be communicated that Jesus was not baptizing any and all 
that came to him, but only those persons who wished to be his disciples? If  
MAQHTAI was in the accusative, I think such a thought could be sustained,  but 
in the nominative???
 
Sincerely,
Blue Harris


      


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