[B-Greek] John's Theme of "Sending"

Carlton Winbery winberycl at earthlink.net
Thu Jun 19 18:22:49 EDT 2008


>Of the two words, PEMPW and APOSTELLW, APOSTELLW is the one used 
>more frequently in a technical sense.
>
>Again, I recommend looking up the bibliography provided in the BDAG 
>entry. At the end, TW indicates the Theological Dictionary of the 
>New Testament has a useful article on this word. Then specifically 
>on Shaliach, section 1.c. points to Kopf's 1958 article and to the 
>entry on APOSTOLOS. Read these articles to see if they yield any 
>leads. The entry on APOSTOLOS points to Schürer, Billerbeck, Truron, 
>Dix, and the EDNT. There is much to be gleaned from these. Have you 
>perhaps read some of these already?
>
>Ken
>
>John 13:16 aÓmh\n aÓmh\n le÷gw uJmiˆn, oujk e¶stin douvloß mei÷zwn 
>touv kuri÷ou aujtouv oujde« aÓpo/stoloß mei÷zwn touv pe÷myantoß 
>aujto/n.

John 13:16 AMHN AMHN LEGW hUMIN, OUK ESTIN DOULOS MEIZWN TOU KURIOU 
AUTOU OUDE APOSTOLOS MEIZWN TOU MEMYANTOS.

Though the noun is used only once in John the verb is used often, 
especially as participles. I have often thought that this verse 
should be translated, "Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not 
greater than his master nor a sent one greater than the one who sent 
him."

Carlton Winbery


>  > -----Original Message-----
>>  From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org 
>>[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On
>>  Behalf Of Bryant J. Williams III
>>  Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 5:47 PM
>>  To: 'B Greek'
>>  Subject: [B-Greek] John's Theme of "Sending"
>>
>>  Dear List,
>>
>>  I'm reading through John's gospel and have been impressed with how 
>>often this
>>  gospel refers to the theme of "sending" (both APOSTELLW and PEMPW, 
>>the 2 words
>>  appear to be used interchangeably in John). There appear to be 4 significant
>>  categories:
>>  1. God sends John the Baptist
>>  2. God sends Jesus
>>  3. Jesus sends His disciples
>>  4. Jesus sends the Holy Spirit
>>  Are you aware of any articles or other references that treat this topic? One
>>  specific area especially of interest to me is whether some such 
>>title as, "The
>>  Sent One" (from Heb SHALACH), might have been understood in 2nd 
>>temple times as
>>  a designation of the Messiah. Some verses even appear to make 
>>belief that Jesus
>>  is the Sent One as the content of saving faith (see,11:42; 17:3,8,21,23,25).
>>
>>  Thank you,
>>
>>  En Xristwi,
>>
>>  Rev. Bryant J. Williams III
>>
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Carlton L. Winbery
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