From: Theodore H Mann (thmann@juno.com)
Date: Tue Apr 11 2000 - 11:46:05 EDT
It seems to me than even "delegate" doesn't imply the kind of authority
we ascribe to "apostle."
Ted Mann
thmann@juno.com
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 08:25:35 -0500 Steven Craig Miller
<scmiller@plantnet.com> writes:
> To: Carlton L. Winbery,
>
> << The article on APOSTOLOS in TDNT emphasizes that the word
> APOSTOLOS
> carried a note of authority. >>
>
> In that case, the translation "delegate" would seem to be better
> than
> "missionary."
>
> << KLHTOS is an adjective. APOSTOLOS is a noun. Does not the
> adjective here
> modify the noun even though it does not have the article? I gain
> some
> insight from thinking that Paul is distinguishing his office by
> saying, "(I
> am) a slave of Christ Jesus, a called apostle who is set apart for
> the
> gospel of God." The idea of called in the adjective is a passive
> idea so
> that anyone reading it would clearly understand that Paul is
> claiming that
> God called him. >>
>
> All one can really be certain is that KLHTOS implies that someone
> had
> called or invited Paul. Your assumption that this someone must be
> God is
> traditional, but by no means certain.
>
> -Steven Craig Miller
> Alton, Illinois (USA)
> scmiller@plantnet.com
>
>
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