From: Edgar Foster (questioning1@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed May 06 1998 - 14:12:15 EDT
---"Carl W. Conrad"
cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu wrote:
>
> At 5:20 PM -0500 5/5/98, Edgar Foster wrote:
> >Dear B-Greekers,
> >
> >Rev. 21:16 reads:
> >
> >KAI OISOUSIN THN DOXAN KAI THN TIMHN TWN EQNWN EIS AUTHN
> >
> >My question is, who are "the ones bearing" THN DOXAN KAI THN TIMHN?
> >
> >Does the context indicate the referent in this case? How does syntax
> >help out here?
> >
> >Puzzled somewhat,
>
> The nearest real candidate seems to be in vs. 24: not TA EQNH, but
rather
> the kings: KAI hOI BASILEIS THS GHS FEROUSIN THN DOXAN AUTWN EIS
AUTHN;
> presumably the genitive AUTWN refers back to TA EQNH of the first
clause of
> 24: KAI PERIPATHSOUSIN TA EQNH DIA TOU FWTOS AUTHS ... Accordingly
it
> would appear that vs. 26 restates the content of vs. 24: It is the
KINGS
> who will carry the glory of the nations into it (I assume that AUTHN
refers
> to hH POLIS).
Thanks Carl. I was thinking along these lines, but I noticed that the
account is not explicit. To add to the confusion, some apply OISOUSIN
to TA EQNE of verse 24. Revelation 21:26 does not say this, however.
Regards,
E. Foster
L-R College
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