From: Edgar Krentz (ekrentz@lstc.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 10 1997 - 10:42:59 EDT
>Has anyone any constructive comments on Mt 11:13?
>
>Is is saying, as the Contemporary English Version - <CEV> seems to imply,
>that the O.T. prophets only included events up to the arrival of John the
>Baptist - surely not!
>
>Or is - more likely - that the prophets prophesied - PROEPEEOUSIN - aorist
>1 - and that the coming of John Baptist marked a transition period in the
>prophetic office?
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Matthew regards John the Baptist as the one who initiates the age of
fulfillment. [He and Jesus have the same summary of their messages in
Matthew 3 and 4.] What Jesus says here does not say that their prophecies
only referred to matters prior to John the B.
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