Ch. vi. 10, J..lyo11ns ••• fvxa, (in fux&s). Ch. xii. 5, lf.pu•P • • • 11Tov. Ch. xiv. 3, oi iryopauµho, ••• x•J..u:lliu (contrast ver. I), Ch. xvii. 3, yl,..ovTa • • • ')""'°''""· 16, oliTo& • • • 1<lpaTa and 6'r,plov. Ch. xix. 14, iv'IJE'IJ11,..lvo1 ••• <TTpaTE61-'t1.Ta. Ch. xxi. 14, tx.,,v ••• TE<xos (comp. oh. iv. 8). 2. Discords of number: instances where declinable words have not been adapted in number to the other words with which they are connected; e.g.- Ch. vi. 11, l1<MT'1' • , • cln-o,s. Ch. viii. 9, '/Jmp6dp,,,rr,,y , , • .,-b .,-pET011, Ch. xix. 1, :,._~JVT.,,,, • • • lxJ..ov. Ch. xx. 13, l1tpC871uf1.I' , •• f1tt1.<TTOS • • • abT~v. 3. Discords of case : examples in which words employed in apposition, or with reference to the same person or thing, are not put in the same case; e.g.- Ch. i. 5, ,l,ro 'l,iuoii XpllT'Toii, 6 µiJ.p.,-ur, eto. Ch. ii. 20, .,.~,, 'I"'""''"' 'IE(.Jl,.>.., 7/ J..EyoV<Td.. Oh. iii. 12, T)1S 1<a,>ijs 'lepovua.>../iµ, .;, 1<aTt1.Po.i11ov<T4. Ch. vi. 1, r/J"'ll1/ instead of r/J"'ll1/" or rfJ"'11,)s. Oh. vii. 9, i<TT~ES • • • 'll'£p1PePJ..71µl11011s, Oh. viii. 9, .,.;;,,, l<T&trµ&.r.,,,, ,,~ ... , • .,... txoVTf1., Oh. ix. 14, ,,~ '"T'I' •n'""' Ch. x. 1, 2, lf.yyeJ..o11 • • • IX"'"· .s tx"'"· Oh. xi. 18, To7s <t,0Povµl1101s ••• Tabs µ11tpobs, eto. Oh. xiv. 6, 7, llrr•7'ov ••• 1..t'Y"'"· 12, .,.~,, &-y(.,,, ••• oi T71poiiVTES, Oh. xvii. 4, P'IJ•l\v-yµd.r"'" ••• TII l,,cd.8apTt1.. 8, 1<aTo,1<or11TES •• , P'/o..<1rJ11.,.,,11 (attr. to ctv). Ch. xxi. 10, 12, T~V ,rol\"' •.. txovua. 4. EUipse of the transitive verb which is necessary to explain an accusa- tive case; e.g.- Ob. iv. 4, [,111011) before el1<o<r1Tltruapas wp•<rfJvTtpour, eto, Ch. x. 8, [~1<ouua] repeated before '/o..a.>..011<ra11 and 1..e-yov<ro. Ch. xiii. 8, ( •UovJ before µCav. 5. Participle used as finite verb; e.g.- Ob. i. 16, ix..,,,. 6. Finite verb nsed as participle ; e.g.- Ob. i. 4, d ~,,. 7. Preposition not followed by its usua] case; e.g.- Ch. l. 4, ,l,r/i o .t\11, The designation of the Deity in this verse is, when grammatically con. sidered, very remarkable. It may be literally rendered: The "Being" and the " Was" and the " Coming." II. Hel>raisms : deviations from classical Greek style, produced by the influence of a greater familiarity with Hebrew style. 1. Redundancy of personal pronouns- (!) Afte:r a noun or its equivalent (with definite article) which is, by the use of the extra. pronoun, left "pendent." THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE. XXV ----------------------------- (a) Nominativus pendens; e.g.- Oh. ii. 26, 6 .,.,,.,., .:a.l cS 'Tep&v , • , Bcli,ro, a.,,,.,;. Oh. iii. 21, similarly, 6 v,11wv ••• ll,60-., a.b,,.<i, Oh. iii. 12, 6 11ucii,v, wotf10'61 a.lmSv. (b) Dativ-us pendens; e.g.- Ob. iL 7, T,j, ,,,.,.,,,,,.,, Belia-., a.lmfi. So ver. 17. Oh. vi. 4, Ti .:a.011µEV'f' • • • 18&811 a.O'Ti,
(2) After a relative. (a) .After a relative pronoun; e.g.- Ob. iii. 8, f,11 • • • a.b'l"l,11. Oh. vii. 3, oTs • • • a.oni.r. 9, f>v ••• a.b,,.&,. (b) .After a relative adverb; e.g.- Oh. xvii. 9, 8'.wo11 • • • l.w' a.b'l"iilv, with which we may compare oh. xii. 14, S1r011 • • • l.:et 2. The nominative (with definite article) used for the vocative; e.g.- Ob. vL 10,1 cS lleO'w&...11s 6 &-y,os .:a.l izA118w&s. Oh. xi. 17, cS ee&s, 6 ,ra.vTo.:p,fro,p 6 &v .:a.l cS ~"· Oh. xv. 3, cS ee&s, 6 "'a.J"TO!tp&.,,..,p ••• t, /3<W'1/l.eus ,,..,,, a.!wv.,v. Oh. xvi. 5, ,I ~" .:a.2 I, ~v, I, ll0'1os. 7, /, 8eos, I, 11'a.J"TOH:pc/.'T61p,, Oh. X viii. 4, cS ;\a.os µ011. 10, .;, TOIi.iS .;, µe-yd.11.11, Ba/30;\wv, .;, ,rOIUS .;, lo-xupd. 20, ol &-y,01 Kai ol &ro,no/1.o, .:a.I of wpo,piiTa1. 3. Free usa.ge of the preposition l.v, as if it were completely the equivalent of the Hebrew .:r, and proper wherever that would be employed; e.g.- Ob. ii. 27, 1.v ~&/38'1' 1T1811pij. So eh. xii. 5 and xix. 15. Oh. v. 9, iv -r<j afp.a.-r£ µov. Oh. ix. 19 (end), l11 a.b...a.'is (= "by means of their taila") cl8ucoii111o Oh. x. 6, II,µ00-•11 l11. Oh. xiii. 10 (bis), iv µa.xalp'f- Oh. xiv. 2, iv ,,.,,.,s .,,eel.pa.is a;,.,..,,,. Oh. xix. 21, l.11 Tj ~op.<pa.f(f (comp, vor. 15). 4. The employment of Els after -yl-yvoµ.ai, like the Hebrew 7after i"l'il . T T t e.g.- Oh. viii. 11, rylve'To -rb 'Tp!TOI' -ri»v Mcl.-r.,v els ll.,J,w8011. 5. The Hebrew method of expressing a. universal negative; e.g.- Ch. xxii. s, """" .:a.-rcl.eeµa OVIC lo-Ta., r,,... The text is in a -few passages so difficult to explain grammatically that we are almost obliged to suspect that the Revisers' text cannot be a faithful representation o-f wbat the apostle wrote. We would particularly instance the two following cases : - (1) Oh. ii. 1, Tifi lv 'Ecfolure EKKA:l]ula,. Similarly in ver. 8, but not iu the superscriptions of the epistles to the other five Churches. (2) Oh. ii. 13, lv m,s ~µ.ipais •.A.1n·{7ras t, p,afYTVs µ.ov. 1 In eh, iv. 8, the Xer-S~nctUf is perhaps not to be taken as vocativl". xxvi INTRODUCTION TO