dear all could anyone tell me why there is no article tou in front of Joseph while throughout the list of the father/ancestors of Mary, there is always the presence of the article tou even up till “of Adam, of God”(Lk 3:38)? thanks hhwong —

Ephesians 3:18-19 hINA EXISCUSHTE KATALABESQAI SUN PASIN TOIS hAGIOIS TI … GNWNAI TE THN … AGAPHN TOU CRISTOU In my recent attempts to penetrate the logical flow of Ephesians 3:14-19, I’ve posed the following question: Does EXISCUSHTE govern both of the following infinitives (KATALABESQAI and GNWNAI); or does the TE following GNWNAI indicate the beginning […]

In the BDAG entry for ἀποστρέφω APOSTREFW it is said no less than twice: “2d aor. pass. in act. sense.” That is not very helpful and it is based on an obsolete approach to grammar. Nor is it very helpful to talk in terms of transitive and intransitive since these are purely syntactical terms. It […]

Here are ten very possible reasons your church isn’t growing: 1. You’re In Conflict Ever been in someone’s home as a guest only to have your hosts start to argue with each other? It doesn’t happen that often, but the few times it’s happened when I’ve been around have made me want to run out […]

The nature of the church is missional, through the fact that its existence is powered by the Great Commission. The book summarizes the culture of today’s American spirituality and its relation to the apostolic church. The main question is, “What would a theology of the church look like that took seriously the fact that North […]

Timothy,

Thanks for he correction, you are right of course. You response highlights what I was trying to get at… namely are there a clear grammatical reasons for the way Paul constructs this passage or is do we have to rely more on logical inference for the antecedents? I am not sufficiently familiar with relative pronoun constructions to know if this is a typical structure. My observation for what its worth (very little probably) is that Paul has opted for a certain amount of rhetorical beauty and balance, a sort of aesthetic quality for effect, almost poetic! Obviously the over all context makes it clear what he means.

Paul Evans
Wilmington, NC

Statistics: Posted by Paul Evans — October 19th, 2013, 9:35 am

Keith Yoder » August 27th, 2013, 4:32 am Do we not have a word play on the name Παῦλος (“Paul”) in the final phrase of James 3:16? πᾶν φαῦλον πρᾶγμα (“every worthless thing”) => πᾶν Παῦλον πρᾶγμα (“every Paul-ish thing”)If the name “Paul” appeared within close textual context of James 3:16, a word play would be […]