[B-Greek] John 11:4 and the Middle/Passive of DOXAZW

Stephen Carlson stemmatic at gmail.com
Fri Feb 18 22:32:57 EST 2011


On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Bryant J. Williams III
<bjwvmw at com-pair.net> wrote:
> My question concerns δοξασθῇ DOXASQHi. The lexicons give it as Aorist Passive
> Subjunctive 3rd Person Singular. Thus, after hINA + Subjunctive we have a
> purpose clause, but my question is it really a Passive or more like a
> Middle/Passive giving it the idea of "for the purpose of the Son of God
> glorified in Himself through it"? This may be a stretch, but with the QH ending
> I really wonder if this is not a Middle.

What does "glorified in Himself" mean?

Stephen
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Stephen C. Carlson
Graduate Program in Religion
Duke University



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