[B-Greek] MONOU QEOU in John 5:44

Daniel Buck bucksburg at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 22 16:21:48 EDT 2011


KAI THN DOXAN THN PARA TOU MONOU QEOU OU ZHTEITE --John 5:44
" . . . and seek not the honour that comes from God alone?"

"A Grammar of New Testament Greek," by James Hope Moulton, Vol.  III-Syntax, by 
Nigel Turner, pg. 225-226: "There is therefore not  surprisingly some confusion 
of monos with the adv. monon . . . In Jn 5:44 monou is best  TAKEN ADVERBIALLY; 
not from him who alone is God, but only from God  (Jewish monotheism was 
unimpeachable; Jesus was referring to their love  of human praise), in spite of 
the word order. Lk 5:21 adv. monos."

Bible translators generally appear not to agree that MONOU should be taken 
adverbially here; can anyone comment on why?

Daniel Buck


      


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