From: clayton stirling bartholomew (c.s.bartholomew@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Mon Jul 13 1998 - 15:00:00 EDT
F.F. Bruce suggests rather tentatively that John (Mark) might have been
performing a service somewhat beyond that of a water boy when he was with Paul
and Barnabas in SALAMINI. The word hUPHRETHN is not going to settle this
issue. The argument that hUPHRETHS is used of those who proclaim TON LOGON in
Luke 1:2 does not really prove anything, because in that context hUPHRETAI is
modified by TOU LOGOU which adds nothing to the semantic domain of hUPHRETHS.
Perhaps this is not clear. What I am saying is, you cannot prove that then
semantic domain of X is extended to include X + Y, where Y is a genitive
modifier of X, simply by finding pattern XY in a relevant text. This is a
common fallacy found in argumentation about lexical semantics. Finding the
pattern XY only proves that X is capable of being limited by Y, nothing more.
In Acts 13:5 hUPHRETHN cannot be read as hUPHRETHN TOU LOGOU just because
this pattern exists in Luke 1:2.
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