TON ANDRA SOU John 4:16
OUK ESTIN SOU ANHR John 4:18
I said:
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Leon Morris in his book *Studies in the Fourth Gospel* has
a chapter on variation as a feature of John's style. He
includes variation in word order as one of the things John
regularly does to break up what might otherwise be boring
repetition. The word order variation I pointed out
previously: SOU TO ONOMA in 17: 6 but TO ONOMA SOU
in17:26, might be explained in this way.
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On the other hand the construction under consideration in
John 4:18 is not repeated in the immediate context. . .
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I was wrong. It is repeated in the same context. So Leon
Morris' insight seems to apply to John 4:16,18. The
standard word order having appeared in 4:16, John altered
it in 4:18 to avoid monotony. The article is still a curious
problem.
Clay Bartholomew
Three Tree Point