Timeline for In John 1:14 how can the Word be a Person?
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
7 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2020 at 9:51 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
Commonmark migration
|
|
| Sep 20, 2018 at 21:52 | history | edited | Sola Gratia | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
deleted 12 characters in body
|
| Sep 20, 2018 at 21:52 | comment | added | Sola Gratia | @Ruminator "παντοδύναμός" means all-able. It is synonymous with pantokrator. You seem to be correct: the passage does have a Jacob/Angel/Prevail thing going on. I only really found the "almighty word" being a person/angel as significant to the personality of the Word in John's Gospel. I confused the high priestly robe with the robe of the Word in Revelation; except in retrospect (after the edit), I'm now seeing that it's describing a similar robe and diadems with the Name of יהוה (presumably) on. After all, who will deny that Jesus is the Priest par excellence?(referent of 'divine character'?) | |
| Sep 20, 2018 at 14:56 | comment | added | Ruminator | Notice that BDAG lists "divine character" as one of the usages: biblia.com/books/bdag/word/… | |
| Sep 20, 2018 at 14:41 | comment | added | Ruminator | Wisdom of Solomon answers the philosophical question, "Can God create a stone so heavy that he can't lift it?" God dispatches a death angels who leaps to earth and starts killing Jews. A priest intervenes and prevails, showing that he was from God. This principle of mercy triumphing over judgment is often repeated in scripture: James 2:13: "because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment." | |
| Sep 20, 2018 at 14:36 | comment | added | Ruminator | It is of note that ὁ παντοδύναμός σου λόγος is not "pantokraton" which is the word normally translated "Almighty God". It homes in on the irresistible force that God's speech is. In an example of ancient irony, the divine utterance encounters a priest who prevails against him! Your highlighting of verse 24 is inappropriate because from verse 21 on the subject is the prevailing priest, not the irresistible death angel. | |
| Sep 20, 2018 at 13:27 | history | answered | Sola Gratia | CC BY-SA 4.0 |