In comparing the Greek texts of John 11:21b & 11:32c: 21…KURIE, EI HS hWDE OUK AN APEQANEN hO ADELFOS MOU 32…KURIE, EI HS hWDE OUK AN MOU APEQANEN hO ADELFOS Is the slight difference – the shifting of the position of the MOU – a nuance that should be brought out in translations? (Most probably…
[bible passage=”John 2:12″] Greetings ers — I am looking at the textual note for John 2:12 in my UBS GNT, 4th revised edition. The first manuscript listed for the first variant is a curlicue P (meaning papyrus) with superscript 66c. I see P66 in the table at the front of the book, but I’m wondering…
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.…
Dear all, Can I ask if there is any way to tell what an adverb modifies? It seems to me that it can modify one or more of: a complete clause, a verb clause, another adverb (including adjectival or prepositional or dative clause), and even a noun clause. If so, how do I differentiate between…
[bible passage=”John 1:28″]
John 9:6 TAUTA EIPWN EPTUSEN CAMAI KAI EPOIHSEN PHLON EK TOU PTUSMATOS KAI EPECRISEN AUTOU TON PHLON EPI TOUS OFQALMOUS AUTOU is strange here. Is it possible that we have here a “dative-genitive”, a genitive with dative meaning, like in Modern Greek? D/05 has the dative here, actually. Or does it refer to PTUSMATOS: “the…
Breathing in Gen 2:7, John 20:22 David Miller dmiller at worldy.com Sun Feb 14 16:01:07 EST 1999 reason for Another Apology Of less exegetical significance, I am simply wondering why the rootEMFUSAW has changed to ENEFUS- in the aorist indicative. Why does themu change to a nu, and where can I go to find answers…
In search of a PERFECT translation John 20:23 AN TINWN AFHTE TAS hAMARTIAS AFEWNTAI AUTOIS, AN TINWN KRATHTE KEKRATHNTAI. ἄν τινων ἀφῆτε τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἀφέωνται αὐτοῖς ἄν τινων κρατῆτε κεκράτηνται. If you discharge sins from any, [the sins] have been discharged for them; If you hold any [to account], they have been held [to account].…
Hi, John 9:5 ἐξῆλθεν οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἔξω, φορῶν τὸν ἀκάνθινον στέφανον καὶ τὸ πορφυροῦν ἱμάτιον. καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, (who told them ? Pilatus or Jesus ?) Ἰδοὺ ὁ ἄνθρωπος. Thanks to all in advance Mario Trinchero
If I may make a few comments. 1. I agree with Dr.Conrad and others, but I also am in agreement with MARKOS on his rule of medio-passivity. But one should keep in mind that the rule cannot be applied indiscriminately, there is a place for it. 2. Although there has been much written lately concerning…
[bible passage=”John 3:15″] Dear listers, is it possible to take the EN AUTO in John 3:15 or the EIS AUTON in John 3:16 away from the PISTEUON (believes) and link the EN AUTO and the EIS AUTON with the ECHE (have)? (“Whoever believes may have in Him eternal life.”) In other words would it be possible for…
