From: Bill Ross (wross@farmerstel.com)
Date: Tue Feb 22 2000 - 22:15:26 EST
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=401540203-23022000>In 2 Cor 5:21, Paul
says:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=401540203-23022000>hAMARTIAN
EPOIHSEN</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=401540203-23022000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=401540203-23022000>The KJV has this
"made him to be sin".</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=401540203-23022000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=401540203-23022000>Now in English,
"made sin" is an idiom for "made into sin" or "made to stand for" or "made to
represent". I don't see anything in the NT that shows that kind of idiom in
Koine. Is there one? </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=401540203-23022000>Everywhere else
"made to be" is the passive of "to be" as in GINWMEQA in the second part of that
same verse.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=401540203-23022000>Might it have any of
these literal senses?:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=401540203-23022000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=401540203-23022000>"He did [a]
sin"</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=401540203-23022000>"He dealt [a]
sin"</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=401540203-23022000>"He caused [a]
sin"</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=401540203-23022000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=401540203-23022000>(With #2 being the
only one that makes sense in context).</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Bill Ross </FONT></P>
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