[B-Greek] Syntax of Rev 21:3e

Oun Kwon kwonbbl at gmail.com
Tue Mar 15 01:33:23 EDT 2011


On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Steve Runge <srunge at logos.com> wrote:

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> The other possibility would be that the bracketed text is intended to
reaffirm God's identity. This would be major overkill based on AUTOS earlier
in the clause, but seems fit best in the context based on the preceding
clauses. Since the intensive "himself" has already been used, you'd likely
need to use a different English strategy like "even their God." It would be
important to maintain the separate full reference at the end of the clause,
since we are used to thematic information being placed there in English.
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> Steve
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Hi Steve,

[Just beyond Greek, but since you mentioned it,] I have some reservation
about English word 'even' in this example. It is very uncommon in KJV.

A typical example:

Rm 9:10  And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, *even
*by our father Isaac; ['even' is in italic in KJV].

The problem in such case is that the word 'even' is more than an appositive
intensified, but does seem to carry a nuance of 'additionally' 'more than
that' when a person or a thing is dealt with. In other words, 'by one' and
'by our father Isaac' seem different persons. I'm not sure whether this is
from my sensitivity to hear it as a ESL person.

This particular verse in Rm, I would have it to read "... had conceived by
one, *yes*, by our father Isaac."

Oun Kwon.



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