The substantival ptcp. οἱ ἠγορασμένοι (masc. nom. pl. pf. pass.), “those who have been redeemed,” is a solecism because it is a masc. nom. pl. in apposition to αἱ ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες, “the 144,000,” a fem. nom. pl. The same solecism occurs in 7: 4, χιλιᾶδες ἐσφραγισμένοι. οἱ ἠγορασμένοι emphasizes the resulting state of the subjects rather than the action that produced the condition (Fanning, Verbal Aspect, 160).
Aune, Dr. David. Revelation 6-16, Volume 52B (Word Biblical Commentary) (p. 903). Zondervan Academic. Kindle Edition.
Sporadic theological and historical musings by Edgar Foster (Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies and one of Jehovah's Witnesses).
Friday, August 12, 2022
David Aune on ἠγορασμένοι (Revelation 14:3)
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