Junias in Romans 16.7

From: Jonathan Robie (74144.2360@compuserve.com)
Date: Wed Jul 10 1996 - 14:45:51 EDT


While we're on the subject of Phoebe, how about Junias, as in, "Greet Andronicus
and Junias...they are outstanding among the apostles..."

This verse raises two significant questions:

1. Is Junias male or female? I have seen both assertions, as well as an
assertion that it could be either. BAGD says that a female Junias is "a lexical
possibility", Robertson's Word Pictures says that Junias could be either male or
female. Is anybody familiar with the arguments here? What does BAGD mean by "a
lexical possibility"?

2. How are we to interpret "outstanding among the apostles"?

Jonathan



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