[B-Greek] AGGALION (1 Jonh 1:5; 3:11)
Martin Culy
MCuly at briercrest.ca
Tue Mar 23 10:16:10 EST 2004
In a message dated 3/22/2004 8:14:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dony at cupandcross.com writes:
Can someone, please, comment why John chooses to use AGGALION (1 Jonh 1:5;
3:11) and not EVANGELION (as in Rev. 14:6). Can it be concluded, based on
the
common root, that that the two words are interchangeable?
________
That's AGGELIA. No, I wouldn't say the words are interchangeable. It's
roughly the difference between "news" and "good news." It would be a good
idea to
stay away from etymologizing interpretations though. Check it out in a good
lexicon such as BDAG and see what the range of meanings is and in what
context
various uses occur. That's not to say that the etymology is never right,
but
sometimes you can be led astray.
gfsomsel
________
I agree and would add that although EUAGGELION is only used once in
Johannine literature and 75 times elsewhere in the NT, this does not tell us
that AGGELIA is the Johannine equivalent of EUAGGELION. With no clear data
indicating the more specific nuance ("gospel message"), it is better to view
AGGELIA as a more generic term ("message").
Martin Culy
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