[B-Greek] Imperatival ἵνα in John 9:3?
Kevin W. Woodruff
cierpke at prodigy.net
Fri Feb 18 10:16:05 EST 2011
In John 9:3, Jesus says, οὔτε οὗτος ἥμαρτεν οὔτε οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα φανερωθῇ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ.
Greg Boyd and Nigel Turner maintain that the ἵνα should be understood as an "imperatival ἵνα" in order to avoid having Jesus say that the blindness was "for the purpose" of revealing God's works. The ἵνα would then read something like "neither this one or his parents sinned, but let the the works of God be manifest in him."
I can't seem to find anyone or any translation that agrees with this.
What say ye?
Kevin
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