Re: Eternity

From: dano@ott.net
Date: Fri Mar 19 1999 - 15:01:07 EST


> At 11:16 AM -0600 3/19/99, dano@ott.net wrote:
> >jude-01-07 WS SODOMA KAI GOMORRA KAI AI PERI
> >AUTAS POLEIS TON OMOION TROPON TOUTOIS
> >EKPORNEUSASAI KAI APELQOUSAI OPISW SARKOS ETERAS
> >PROKEINTAI DEIGMA PUROS AIWNIOU DIKHN UPEXOUSAI
> >
> >AIWNIOU represents eternity.
> >
> >Are there any "facets" or "quirks" in the language that would cause
> >this particular passage, or another passage with that word NOT to
> >represent the view of eternity?
>
> I'm not quite sure what you're saying about the Jude passage above when you
> say "AIWNIOU 'represents' eternity"; AIWNIOU is an adjective here in
> agreement with PUROS, the whole phrase PUROS AIWNIOU dependent on DIKHN,
> which is the object of hUPECOUSAI; 'upholding the judgment of everlasting
> fire."
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics/Washington University
> One Brookings Drive/St. Louis, MO, USA 63130/(314) 935-4018
> Home: 7222 Colgate Ave./St. Louis, MO 63130/(314) 726-5649
> cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu OR cconrad@yancey.main.nc.us
> WWW: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~cwconrad/

Got it. thanks :)

Pastor Dan Oglesby
Community Revival Center Church
Where God is Alive and Moving by His Spirit
http://www.crcc-oca.org
===========================================
For the opportunity of a lifetime go to:
http://www.tgeinc.com

---
B-Greek home page: http://sunsite.unc.edu/bgreek
You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu]
To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-329W@franklin.oit.unc.edu
To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu


This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Sat Apr 20 2002 - 15:40:20 EDT