Peter Streitenberger wrote:Ok, I understand, Dr. Conrad. What do you think of this explantion: “Sometimes the demonstrative pronoun will agree with the natural gender rather than the grammatical gender. For example, the masculine pronoun EKEINOS is used in John 14,26 and 16,13-14 to refer to the neuter noun PNEUMA to emphasize the personality of the Holy Spirit” ( “Intermediate New Testament Greek”, Richard Young S. 78).
Thank you again for a clarification
Yours
Peter, Germany
ἐκεῖνος, as has been aptly explained already in this thread, is
NOT referring to πνεῦμα in that verse. I realize that some interpreters want to take this as an instance of
constructio ad sensum, but it isn't. It is clearly and definitely referring to the masculine noun παράκλητος in the context.
Jason A. Hare
Rehovot, Israel