Reply To Seguidor
(Date Posted:30/08/2009 19:14:52)
Good morning, Ralph.
I've not listened to Mounce's offerings at the site you mentioned, so I can't comment on what he might ormight not have said. However, I would point out the following: Bill Mounce is a Baptist, and Baptists have long hinged part of their theology on this particular verse. Don Carson is also a Baptist, and like Mounce, he too is a renowned Greek grammarian and exegete. However, unlike Mounce, Carson has written one of the standard English commentaries on the Gospel According to John, and in doing so he reached the same conclusion as the one that I proffered. Ergo, the issue must be assessed grammatically before being assessed theologically.
Blessings,
Ian
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