IN John 4:23 we find the following:
OTE OI ALHQINOI PROSKUNHTAI PROSKUNHSOUSIN TW PATRI EN PNEUMATI KAI
ALHQEIA
"when the true worshipper will worship the Father in spirit and truth"
Now, the question I have is what kind of dative is EN PNEUMATI KAI
ALHQEIA? How should I understand the KAI? Should I take this as two
separate datives, EN PNEUMATI and ALHQEIA, which are linked by KAI?
My gut feeling is that these are instrumental datives of manner. Brooks
and Winbery call it an Instrumental of Manner. I also checked Moule and
Zerwick but didn't find much help.
Assuming, it is an instrumental of manner and that this is one compound
dative, my translations would be:
"when the true worshipers will worship the father spiritually and
truthfully"
What do the scholars think?
cheers,
Andrew
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