From: Mark Wilson (emory2oo2@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Dec 15 2000 - 11:14:58 EST
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In the midst of reading about Dependent Clauses (Purpose and Result), I came
across this text:
John 10:38
TOIS ERGOIS PISTEUETE hINA GNWTE KAI GINWSKHTE
"believe the works, so that you might know and you might know" (Porter).
Porter's translation seemed a bit awkward, so I looked at the other
dependent
clauses for clues. I realize that Purpose and Result Clauses are often
difficult to distinguish, but I observed the following in the passages that
contained a concatenation of dependent clauses.
[ We might call this Mark Wilson's Observation :o ) ]
Here are some of those passages first:
1 Cor. 7:5; Eph. 6:21,21; 2 Cor. 13:7; 1 Cor. 1:27-29; John 3:16; Rom 5:20,
21
Observation:
There seems to be a tendency for the last clause in a series to be a Result
Clause (not a Purpose Clause).
(I wonder if there might be a "linguistic" rationale for this.)
I guess distinguishing Purpose from Result Clauses, when syntactically
either
is an option, is a somewhat subjective task; perhaps one's "theology" plays
a
decisive role in how they are ultimately and subjectively distinguished.
However, if my observation above holds, then I wonder if I might
understand and translate John 10: 38 in this manner:
TOIS ERGOIS PISTEUETE hINA GNWTE KAI [hINA] GINWSKHTE
"believe the works, so that (purpose) you might know
and that (result) you might know"
Thank you,
Mark Wilson
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