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Re: John 6:22
- To: B-Greek list <b-greek-digest@virginia.edu>
- Subject: Re: John 6:22
- From: Clayton Bartholomew <c.s.bartholomew@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 09:19:08 +0000
- Organization: AT&T
Jim Beale wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
As far as I can tell, it is quite difficult to draw a distinction
between PLOION and PLOIARION in John 21. It seems to me that they
most likely refer to the same boat, though I guess it is possible
that there are two. Does it seem at all strange that the two words
would be employed in the same passage in order to refer to the same
object?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
Nothing strange here at all. See Leon Morris, *Studies in the Fourth Gospel* Page 293ff,
where he shows how word variation is a feature of Johannine style. And besides, many of
the so called dimunitives have lost that sense in the Koine.
Clay Bartholomew
Three Tree Point