From: Rev. Bryant J. Williams III (bjwvmw@com-pair.net)
Date: Fri Aug 17 2001 - 02:54:29 EDT
Dear Matthew:
I have always understood the Dative of Agent to Active and Personal, not
Passive. Therefore, Jesus is the Active Agent of Creation.
En Xpistw,
Rev. Bryant J. Williams III
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From: "Matthew R. Miller" <biblicalscribe@hotmail.com>
To: "Biblical Greek" <b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 11:57 AM
Subject: [b-greek] Passive Agent
> Hello all,
> In Colossians 1:16, "en autw ektisthh ta panta" is usually translated "by
> him all things were created." This "en autw" is not the normal dative of
> instrument or dative of means or dative of passive agent. Is this to be
> taken as a passive agent? If not, what does the locative dative "in him"
> mean? Thanks, Matthew R. Miller
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