[B-Greek] The relative pronouns in Ephesians 6:17 and Revelation 5:8
John Sanders
john.franklin.sanders at gmail.com
Thu Oct 14 01:54:35 EDT 2010
It appears to me that Leonard understands the simile in Revelation 5:8 to be
QUMIAMATWN construed with PROSEUCAI. If this is the case, then the relative
pronoun is incorrectly used and needs to be explained; which Leonard has
done.
I do not understand the simile in this manner, but rather I see it as
KIQARAN KAI FIALAS CRUSAS GEMOUSAS QUMIAMATWN being construed with PROSEUCAI
TWN hAGIWN. That is, I see the kithara and the golden bowls as the saints
and the “sweet music” and the “smoldering incense”, both ascending toward
heaven, as the prayers.
The down side is that we have one less example of poor Greek usage by the
Revelator.
The up side is that the grammar and simile work together.
Conderning Ephesians 6:17:
I consider the simile to be PNEUMATOS construed with hRHMA QEOU, then
the simile and the grammar work together. To consider the simile something
else will require an explanation of why the grammar of the relative pronoun
is wrong.
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John Sanders
Suzhou, China
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