Craig

Hi Gengwall

“Everything is singular in this section of the chapter. A group is not in view.”

I remember your discussion with Cheryl last year on this. I have one comp friend at theological college who is giving some proper thought to this view, but generally I have found it gets dismissed too quickly, despite references to 1 Cor 5, 2 Cor 12, Jn 4 etc. To me, it makes the most sense of the context and the rest of scripture, but I am eagerly awaiting any further support from Greek experts and other prominent egals. One staff member at church read Cheryl’s post on the “anaphoric reference” and said he would give it a very poor mark if it was presented in an exam. Others have asked, “if it is such a good view, why is it that we have never heard it before, and that other prominent egals who know Greek well have not adopted it? At this stage I don’t have really good answers to these questions. Cheryl said that in the future, she might do a post on this issue and try and get some comments from well known egals who support her position. This would be helpful.