dimi wrote: ↑May 9th, 2019, 12:24 pm
ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ Δύναμις is in apposition to ὁ Λόγος?
I think so.
I expect that two are in apposition to the third.
Apposition goes in pairs. In translation, you would add a relative pronoun to the 3rd one and make it a relative clause. So,
God's power, the Word, who is the master...
Daniel and Dimi, Thank you for responding.
§ 46.3 Πότε δὲ ἡ δαιμόνων ἀπάτη καὶ μανία κατεφρονήθη, εἰ μὴ ὅτε ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ Δύναμις ὁ Λόγος, ὁ πάντων καὶ τούτων Δεσπότης, διὰ τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀσθένειαν συγκαταβάς, ἐπὶ γῆς ἐφάνη;
One reason to consider ὁ Λόγος the subject. ὁ Λόγος functions as the
global VIP of the discourse.
Re: multiple appositions with one subject, consider the following:
1Cor. 1:23 ἡμεῖς δὲ κηρύσσομεν Χριστὸν ἐσταυρωμένον, Ἰουδαίοις μὲν σκάνδαλον, ἔθνεσιν δὲ μωρίαν, 24 αὐτοῖς δὲ τοῖς κλητοῖς, Ἰουδαίοις τε καὶ Ἕλλησιν,
Χριστὸν θεοῦ δύναμιν καὶ θεοῦ σοφίαν· 25 ὅτι τὸ μωρὸν τοῦ θεοῦ σοφώτερον τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐστὶν καὶ τὸ ἀσθενὲς τοῦ θεοῦ ἰσχυρότερον τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
C. Stirling Bartholomew