[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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