From: Jonathan Robie (jwrobie@mindspring.com)
Date: Sun Oct 12 1997 - 20:58:39 EDT
At 08:41 PM 10/12/97 EDT, Paul S. Dixon wrote:
>
>If He intended
>to simply answer "yes," then why didn't He say something like, EGW EIMI,
>or EIMI? Is there not a simpler way of saying "yes" in Greek?
Of course there is - NAI, EGW EIMI would have been very clear. I've always
assumed that he was avoiding saying this clearly because he was on trial for
blasphemy, and once he said this clearly, he would be killed.
Jonathan
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