Re: Pneuma in John 3:8

Ben Crick (ben.crick@argonet.co.uk)
Wed, 10 Sep 97 13:51:15

On Wed 10 Sep 97 (08:58:33 +0100), p.m.phillips@cliff.shef.ac.uk wrote:
> I need to respond to B. Rocine's question:
> 
> How did the ancient audience hear Christ's use of the word _pneuma_ in
> John 3:8?

It is not often I venture an opinion in this exalted company, but surely
John, and Jesus' hearers, would understand PNEUMA as the Hebrew /RuWaCh/,
wind, breath, spirit (Ezekiel 37:9 LXX).

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 Revd Ben Crick, BA Bristol, 1963 (hons in Theology)
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