From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 16 1998 - 15:24:37 EST
Didn't we do this very recently? Here DIA with genitive clearly must mean
"by mediation of" a human being. This is a text wherein Paul is
underscoring as powerfully as he can the independence of his apostolate
from any human authority.
At 1:37 PM -0600 12/16/98, wross wrote:
>Starting right in in verse 1 of chapter one, there is a bit of a translation
>issue with "oude di avQrwpou".
>In NIV and KJV it reads
>"nor by man" [which to me can mean not being commissioned by man]
> or
>"nor through [which more specifically seems to mean not by means of] man".
>NIV
>Paul, an apostle--sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God
>the Father, who raised him from the dead--
>RSV
>Paul an apostle--not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and
>God the Father, who raised him from the dead--
>KJV
>Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God
>the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
>DBY
>Paul, apostle, not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and
>God [the] Father who raised him from among [the] dead,
>YLT
>Paul, an apostle -- not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ,
>and God the Father, who did raise him out of the dead --
>
>It seems that "through" better captures the fact that not only was it not
>man who sent Paul but man was NOT EVEN THE AGENCY by which he received it
>(See verse 12).
>
>
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