From: Polycarp66@aol.com
Date: Thu Jan 31 2002 - 22:15:08 EST
In a message dated 1/31/2002 9:40:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
waldoslusher@yahoo.com writes:
>..KAI EPISTEUSAN hOSOI HSAN TETAGMENOI EIS ZWHN
>AIWNION
>There seems to me to be two verbals here in this last
>section of the verse. Can someone tell me the correct
>time sequence of these two acts or events.
>In other words, is it this way:
>First: EPISTEUSAN
>Next: HSAN TETAGMENOI
>Or, is it this way as to time:
>First: HSAN TETAGMENOI
>Next: EPISTEUSAN
>If they are a "tie," does word order help the exegete
>clear this up somewhat?
Well, here I go sticking my foot in it again. In a passage like this I can
hardly avoid revealing my Calvinist background. My rather INELEGANT
translation would be
". . . and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed."
First: Election
Second: Belief
gfsomsel
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