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    "The word was a god"?

    wife is kicking me off computer again
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    "The word was a god"?

    For an Answer: Chrisitian Apologetics - Scholars & NWT Google anarthrous predicate noun Greek John 1:1c John 1:1 Robertson word pictures John 1:1c greek grammar
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    "The word was a god"?

    "The third phrase sets forth the basic premise concerning the pre-existent "Word": "and God was the Word" (German: und Gott war das Wort). In verse 1c "God" stands in contrast to the clearly articulated divine concept in verse 1b emphasized at the beginning by lack of the article...In so much...
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    "The word was a god"?

    This citation is actually not from Newcome's translation. Instead, it appears in a version that was "corrected" by Thomas Belsham and an unnamed Unitarian Committee using unknown translation principles. Newcome's New Testament was published in 1796 (click here to see the title page and...
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    "The word was a god"?

    Michael Van Buskirk of the Christian Apologetics: Research and Information Service (CARIS) wrote to Dr. Mantey (Dr. Dana had died), asking him if he had been quoted accurately by the Watchtower. Dr. Mantey replied in a letter dated February 25, 1974. It read: In response to your request, I...
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    "The word was a god"?

    Harris demonstrates that grammatical possibilities do not yield accurate translations. He goes on to say, "it would not be impossible, from the point of view of grammar alone, to translate 1:1c as 'God was the Word'" (Harris, p. 61). Anyone reading Harris' chapter on John 1:1 will see that he...
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    "The word was a god"?

    The question, then, is what did John mean by the anarthrous theos? The overwhelming majority of scholars who've addressed the subject understand John to be emphasizing the qualities or character of the Logos, particularly given that the noun is not only anarthrous, but preverbal as well. The...
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    "The word was a god"?

    Barclay also makes his position clear in a response to the Watchtower's citation: "The Watchtower article has, by judicious cutting, made me say the opposite of what I meant to say. What I was meaning to say, as you well know, is that Jesus is not the same as God, to put it more crudely, that...
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    "The word was a god"?

    " (Philip B. Harner, "Qualitative Anarthrous Predicate Nouns: Mark 15:39 and John 1:1," Journal of Biblical Literature 92 (1973) p. 76. The essay is pp. 75-87). In other words, Harner did an empirical study to determine usage. JPA can of course disagree and cite contrary evidence. But it is...
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    "The word was a god"?

    "The most likely candidate for θεός is qualitative. This is true both grammatically (for the largest proportion of pre-verbal anarthrous predicate nominatives fall into this category) and theologically (both the theology of the Fourth Gospel and of the NT as a whole). There is a balance between...
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    "The word was a god"?

    Friend, your source does not understand Greek Grammar. " My Th.M. thesis (Dallas Seminary, '75), entitled "The Significance of the Anarthrous Predicate Nominative in John," prompted by an abuse of Colwell's Rule (where the inverse or negative of his rule was invalidly inferred both by Colwell...
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    "The word was a god"?

    Please, apply the Scholars letter about dishonestly of the watchtower.
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    "The word was a god"?

    I am A.I. friend.
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    Here's some data on John 10:33

    Some please list the JWs. Maybe it is best to ignore them all since they are not being honest and ignoring the truths of Scriptures.
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    Here's some data on John 10:33

    Romans 8
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    Here's some data on John 10:33

    We will not have spiritual death. I did not see an honest response to 2 Thess 2:1-2 BYE
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    Here's some data on John 10:33

    Google watchtower dishonestly Debunking Christianity: The Use and Abuse of Scholarship by The Watchtower Society Google watchtower dishonestly misquoting scholars and writers Examples of misquotes, lies and deception in Watchtower publications Examples of misquotes, lies and deception in...
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    Here's some data on John 10:33

    1925 and the Watchtower teaching that Millions now living will never die!
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    Here's some data on John 10:33

    Friend, you are being very dishonest like the watchtower. "Millions now living will never die!" was exclaimed by Rutherford in a series of public lectures starting 1918. This was related to his prophecy that the earthly resurrection would commence 1925, with the return to life of Abraham...