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In other words, you are either too lazy or too scared to check the link I provided? And your faith and exegesis relies on the Online Etymology Dictionary... And you think word studies consist of etymological studies? You are making my point. In ancient Greek, those words probably had 4...

Even though there are various relationships in which we use the term "love", that is beside the point. There are synonymous words for love in Greek that may have nuances in certain contexts, but not typically. That John in his same gospel account uses them interchangeably in the same context in...

Exactly correct! I couldn't find it, but David Alan Black was just interviewed on a radio show in Cali about this very passage. It would have been very enlightening. Here is his short article that makes this point though.

Again... I am only attacking insufficient word studies. Let's be honest, a word study is only as good as the sources we used that guide us to make correct conclusions (since we are not native speakers of these languages). A good source is not just giving you options (like a lexicon of gloss...

No... David said he would go to his son... probably referring to the grave. That seems most likely since the next phrase says that his son would not return to him. David was speaking in the mortal world.

Thanks, Plato. Any other insights?

BDB is good, but probably needs an update Thayer is outdated and surpassed by BDAG, though I use it b/c I got it free and left my BDAG in the states. Don't know about Z

So you learned grammar? Is that the point of a word study then? What I'm saying is, what did this word study teach you about God's word that you didn't already have?

All that disregards what Greek experts have been saying... those 2 words are synonyms of each other and John uses them in the same context many times because there is little distinction. The abuse of the word study, ladies and gentlemen.

I didn't resort to insults bringing up Plato. I'm serious about that and have made that observation for a long time. But now I"m about to resort to insults... Nice job of avoiding anything I said to you. I challenged your interpretation of Job, you saw that you were wrong, and you ignore it...

reflexive not reflective That is one use of the middle voice. But that is not a reflexive use of the middle voice. See page 407 of Wallace's grammar for a list of middle voice uses (http://books.google.ca/books?id=XlqoTVsk2wcC&q=middle+voice#v=snippet&q=middle%20voice&f=false). Now I'm...

Depends on the translators philosophy and understanding. I can't say it was wrong, but the ESV and NET seem to simplify it as simply "sit". I will say this about the NASB and their translation of the verb in question in Matt. 23:2. They translated the aorist verb as "have seated" instead of the...

You were the one asking for a well thought out answer. He provided one... perhaps not his own but rather others who used the Bible to think out well good answers.

Where in that passage does it mention heaven??? Resurrection implies earth... which was used in Job! Again, stop letting Plato affect your theology.

To say "seated himself" is reflexive (i.e. middle voice in Greek). Active voice is simply "he sat." The action of sitting is less important than the place of sitting... the judgment seat.

Are you aware how well thought out and biblically based these man-made confessions are which you seem to despise?

Ok... I have to ask... Where did you come up with the form kathizete? Every other word study post, you use the lexical form. Why change here? And are you aware there is another Greek word that is similar but is a natural reflexive (I am on the no-deponent train)? It is G2516; kathezomai...

The bigger danger is that a text... communication, cannot be reduced to words. Words connect to themselves (syntax) and make sentences and paragraphs and on and on (discourse). To treat only words in exegesis is like sharpening a hook for fishing as if that is all one is required to do to catch...

The main reason I discourage word studies is because it has been abused so much, that people continue to follow the same terrible patterns as if that were the right way. They muck up so much in Scripture just to try to make some amazing point to glean some nugget of Scriptural wisdom. I would...

Noticed I clarified the neo-platonic afterlife we are inundated with. I did say they believed in resurrection in this world. But they didn't want heaven like everyone here seems to want.