tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post7361078696454305055..comments2023-05-29T08:05:12.368-07:00Comments on Eutychus: "Christ who is over all God blessed forever" (Romans 9:5)Eutychushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04071386254682518917noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-27152653666534606742010-07-09T11:05:33.503-07:002010-07-09T11:05:33.503-07:00Hi Nick,
Good analysis of some of the issues in t...Hi Nick,<br /><br />Good analysis of some of the issues in this translation. F.F. Bruce is certainly right - the translation choices for this passage are very closely balanced, with lexical and grammatical evidence pointing in slightly different directions. And even the grammatical evidence does not point totally in one direction - I recently found examples of participle phrases like this one Eutychushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04071386254682518917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-9924175035675055862010-06-04T21:34:31.054-07:002010-06-04T21:34:31.054-07:00-continuing
A footnote to Romans 9:5 in the New O...-continuing<br /><br />A footnote to Romans 9:5 in the New Oxford Annotated Bible points out: “Whether Christ is called God here depends on the punctuations inserted.” <br /><br />Similarly, the following observation is found in The Interpreter’s Bible: “The issue appears from a comparison of our two English texts. Is God over all, blessed forever (or the one who is over all, God blessed forever)Nick Batchelorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14338321183875485322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186125468393054446.post-29121452870428182662010-06-04T21:33:20.774-07:002010-06-04T21:33:20.774-07:00Hi Gary,
This is the scripture that A Catholic Di...Hi Gary,<br /><br />This is the scripture that A Catholic Dictionary calls "the strongest statement of Christ's divinity in St. Paul, and, indeed, in the N[ew] T[estament]."<br /><br />Even the NIV Study Bible (1985) in a note for Romans 9:5, calls it: <br /><br />"One of the clearest statements of the deity of Jesus Christ found in the entire NT, assuming the accuracy of the Nick Batchelorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14338321183875485322noreply@blogger.com