Timeline for In John 1:30, what is the meaning of the phrase “After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me”?
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| Sep 29, 2015 at 8:49 | comment | added | Susan | Certainly, he could have used πρῶτος for both and made that play on words. But as it stands, he didn’t. To my reading this actually draws to attention to the fact that he is talking about two different aspects of priority (paired with two different verbal aspects). (I still kind of see how you could see a “play on words” here, but it’s certainly not of the same sort that might be understood based on the English quoted in the question.) | |
| Sep 29, 2015 at 8:31 | comment | added | Jamie Hansen | Here are good examples: Mat 20:27 "chief" Mar 6:21 "chief" Luke 15:22 "best" | |
| Sep 29, 2015 at 8:18 | comment | added | Jamie Hansen | Susan, The second word "Protos" is not limited just to time, though it certainly can refer to that, but can also refer to position, or rank. G4413 πρῶτος protos (pro`-tos) adj. 1. foremost (in time, place, order or importance) [contracted superlative of G4253] KJV: before, beginning, best, chief(-est), first (of all), former Root(s): G4253 | |
| Sep 29, 2015 at 8:08 | history | edited | Jamie Hansen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 28, 2015 at 6:16 | comment | added | Susan | FYI the “play on words” I think you’re referring to in that English is really not in the Greek, which uses two different terms here for the priority of status (ἔμπροσθεν) and the priority of time (πρῶτός). | |
| Sep 28, 2015 at 5:42 | history | answered | Jamie Hansen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |