From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Mon May 24 1999 - 12:07:03 EDT
At 8:08 AM -0500 5/24/99, dd-1@juno.com wrote:
>Ben, Denny Diehl here
>
>> IMHO the term CRISTIANOI was meant as a derisory term
>
>Several have said this, but I, for one, don't think that is a
>necessary conclusion from the language. It is stated:
>
> "CRHMATISAI TE PRWTWS EN ANTIOCEIAi TOUS
> MAQHTAS CRISTIANOUS" -Ac 11:26
>
>CRHMATISAI is middle/passive which could give rise to either
>"They were called" or "They called themselves" could it not?
>Also, I don't see anything historically that would give any
>indication that it began as a derisive term. Tacitus tells us:
CRHMATISAI is NOT middle/passive; it's an aorist ACTIVE infinitive.
Carl W. Conrad
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