[B-Greek] John 19:11b
Arie Dirkzwager
dirkzwager at pandora.be
Mon Mar 8 16:52:51 EST 2004
A question with many aspects.
If you are looking for a participle with the article referring to more than
one person, you have 1 Cor 14: 5 MEIZWN DE hO PROFHTEUWN H hO LALWN GLWSSAIS
...
But here we do not have a group; it concerns every individual who PROFHTEUEI
or LALEI.
The problem is, if Jesus meant to speak about every individual person who
belonged to the group that brought Him to Pilate. I can not prove it, but I
do not believe that can be expressed by O PARADOUS. It is my appreciation of
the Greek expression.
In Mat 26: 46 Jesus is speaking with his disciples. He expects that Judas
will come and calls him hO PARADIDOUS ME. Sometimes such resemblances
between texts of the Bible can be used as indication, but I think this time
it is not possible.
In John 19 we read hO PARADOUS ME SOI. We are looking for a person who gave
Jesus to Pilate. Judas did not. God can not be meant (cfr. ANWQEN), for He
can not have hAMARTIAN.
So we have to choose between Annas and Caiphas. Then we have to look to John
18: 24. Annas sent Jesus to Caiphas, presumably because the was the high
priest then (John 18: 13). Caiphas should take the decision. In my opinion
it was Caiphas who was hO PARADOUS Jesus to Pilate although between 18: 24
and 18: 28 nothing is told about the decision of Caiphas. In Mat 26: 65
however Caiphas takes a decision but he asks the opinion of the others (the
ARXIEREIS and the PRESBUTEROI TOU LAOU). I think Jesus could give him the
responsability.
Arie
Dr. A. Dirkzwager
Hoeselt, Belgium e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be
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Van: "Tony Costa" <tmcos at rogers.com>
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Verzonden: maandag 8 maart 2004 20:35
Onderwerp: [B-Greek] John 19:11b
Many commentators have differed on who the hO PARADOUS is in John 19:11b.
While some have speculated on Judas Iscariot, Caiphas, others (like Godet)
have argued that this is a reference to the Sanhedrin. I know that the
definite article here is being used as a substantive for "one" who delivered
Jesus to Pilate. However, both the article and participle PARADOUS are
singular and not plural. Is there any examples in the Greek New Testament
where a singular substantive can refer to a group or a plural number of
people?
Tony Costa
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