MONOGENHS QEOS vs. MONOGENHS hUIOS

From: Williams, Wes (Wes.Williams@echostar.com)
Date: Fri Jan 02 1998 - 15:40:41 EST


Perhaps this is a naive question but I really do not know the answer.

Why do most translations translate the anarthrous MONOGENHS hUIOS of
Luke 7:12 as "only son"/ "only-begotten Son" if MONOGENHS means
"unique"? Was not the occasion one of sadness because he was her only/
only-begotten son and not due to a particular "uniqueness?"

Why do not the translations that translate MONOGENHS QEOS as "God, the
only Son" also translate MONOGENHS hUIOS as "Son, the only Son?"

Thanks,
Wes Williams



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