[B-Greek] Acts 1:2

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sun Dec 7 13:28:11 EST 2008


On Dec 7, 2008, at 12:29 PM, Tom Moore wrote:

> If the command referred to in Acts 1:2 is the command in Acts 1:4 to  
> wait in Jerusalem, isn't it then a recap of Luke 24:49, in which  
> case it also was given to the apostles directly by Jesus in person  
> (albeit post-resurrection)?

Of course it is; even if Acts is not by the same author as Luke, it is  
clearly formulated as a sequel and there is a deliberate overlap of  
end of gospel and beginning of Acts.

>
>> -------Original Message-------
>> From: Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
>> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Acts 1:2
>> Sent: Dec 07 '08 14:55
>>
>>
>> On Dec 7, 2008, at 8:23 AM, rhutchin at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> We read:
>>>
>>> ENTEILAMENOS TOIS APOSTOLOIS DIA PNEUMATOS hAGIOU hOUS EXELEXATO
>>>
>>> To what does DIA PNEUMATOS hAGIOU refer?
>>>
>>> I read one translation where it is applied to ENTEILAMENOS and
>>> another to hOUS EXELEXATO.
>>
>> I think it must be with ENTEILAMENOS; weren't the 	 APOSTOLOI chosen/
>> selected directly and in person by Jesus?

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)





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