1 John 5:7

Comma Johanneum

An Exegetical Analysis of the Comma Johanneum (1 John 5:7-8) This exegetical study of the Comma Johanneum is based on a b-greek discussion from Wednesday, October 27, 1999. The initial inquiry concerned locating a visual representation, or “picture,” of the “Comma Johanneum,” a textual passage in 1 John 5:7-8, particularly within early manuscript traditions of…

1 John 2:6

New Testament • Re: 1 John 2:6. Where does the comma go?

καθὼς is correlative to the deictic adverb οὕτως which somewhat clumsily follows it, instead of preceding it. A more natural rendering would be as follows:

ὁ λέγων ἐν αὐτῷ μένειν ὀφείλει οὕτως, καθὼς ἐκεῖνος περιεπάτησεν, καὶ αὐτὸς [οὕτως] περιπατεῖν.
He who says that he abides in him should thus, as he walked, also himself walk.

Statistics: Posted by Robert Crowe — November 15th, 2016, 10:49 pm


Mark 16:9

Mark 16:9

An Exegetical Examination of Mark 16:9: Syntactic Modifiers and Textual Considerations within the Longer Ending of Mark body { font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 900px; margin: 2em auto; padding: 0 1em; } h2, h3 { color: #2c3e50; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; padding-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 2em; } blockquote { background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 5px solid #ccc;…