Re: Rev 5:6 hESTHKOS hWS ESFAGMENON, say what?
Jonathan Robie (jwrobie@mindspring.com)
Tue, 21 Oct 1997 11:59:30 -0400
At 04:53 PM 10/20/97 -0400, Randy Leedy wrote:
>May I add another, perhaps simpler explanation here? Jonathan wonders
>how "as slain" can describe the manner of "standing" (or something
>close to that). I would suggest that it is simpler to take the
>participle as adjectival, modifying "lamb" rather than as adverbial,
>modifying "standing." It was not simply a slain lamb (since the lamb
>was obviously alive), but a lamb looking as if it had been slain.
>This takes into account the fact of the resurrection and is
>grammatically simplest, it seems to me.
!! BOING !!
Yes, that makes lots of sense, and it really is simpler. Thanks!
Jonathan
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