Re: Syntax of Eph. 4:11

From: Philip L. Graber (pgraber@emory.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 12 1996 - 14:07:08 EST


On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Rod Decker wrote:

> The significance lies, of course, in whether the last two elements are
> equal, parallel members with the first three, or if they are to be treated
> as a joint (hyphenated?) member. (Granville Sharp rule does NOT apply here,
> BTW, since the nouns are plural).
>
> apostles or apostles
> prophets prophets
> evangelists evangelists
> pastors pastors-teachers [or: pastors, even teachers]
> teachers

How about: apostles, prophets, evangelists, and pastors and teachers (the
latter two being more closely tied to each other than to the rest of the
list, but not being identical to each other)?

Philip



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Sat Apr 20 2002 - 15:37:56 EDT