[B-Greek] 2 Peter 1:20 and context

Oun Kwon kwonbbl at gmail.com
Sat May 29 02:20:53 EDT 2010


EPILUSIS   -

I'm not sure what it means by 'setting something free'.

It's easier for me to take it as

= "understanding and unraveling" (as of what's happening in the world).


Oun Kwon.




On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 1:04 AM, George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I must apologize since I have not been following much of what has transpired
> recently so it seems that I am unaware of what the point of contention is
> here.  Are you saying that ἐπίλυσις EPILUSIS is being rendered by "setting
> free from something"?  Unless your copy of BDAG differs from mine, that is
> not the case.  There the gloss is "explanation, interpretation."  Perhaps
> that is why I didn't understand when Yancy replied to my reply to Iver.
>
> george
> gfsomsel
>

> ________________________________
> From: Oun Kwon <kwonbbl at gmail.com>
> To: yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net
> Cc: B-Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 9:50:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] 2 Peter 1:20 and context
>

>
> For me, with such rendering it is hard to see what the text is trying
> to say. It begs a question of 'interpretation of what?'.
>
> I believe it's about genesis of prophetic words spoken out (such as
> the one in v. 19) in harmony with v. 21, not about something of
> prophetic words having been received.
>
> I would read the text
>
> v. 20b PASA PROFHTEIA GRAFHS IDIAS  EPILUSEWS OU GINETAI
>
> as "none of scriptural prophecies springs from one’s own
>     [understanding of the truth and] unraveling [of the reality]."
>
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