[B-Greek] John 16:33b EN TWi KOSMWi Locative or instrumental EN?

Mark Lightman lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Fri Sep 10 21:06:29 EDT 2010


ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ θλῖψιν ἔχετε, ἀλλὰ θαρσεῖτε, ἐγὼ νενίκηκα τὸν κόσμον.
EN TWi KOSMWi QLIYIN ECETE ALLA QARSEITE EGW NENIKHSA TON KOSMON.

Virtually every English translation takes the EN KOSMWi in a locative sense ("in 
the world.")  But the DDV takes it as a dative of instrument, or maybe a dative 
of source:


"From the world you will have trouble. But, be brave! I have defeated
the world!"
I always wonder in these cases; can it mean both things at the same time? Would 
the Greeks have recognized the distinction?  Eric Inman recently posted about 
John's idiomatic use of EN.  Is John punning here on the EN EMOI in verse 33? 


P.S. does anyone know when the DDV might be coming out on DDV? 


 Mark L
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