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The Granville Sharp Rule |
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The Granville Sharp Greek Rule sates:
If two words are separated by
kai and each are
preceded by a word for "the," eg. o
or h, then the
two words refer to the same thing.
For example in Revelation 12:9 we
have "the devil and Satan" in this form:
o kaloumenoV DiaboloV kai ¢o SatanaV
So we see that the words devil and Satan refer to the same person.
However; in Mark 1:29 we have "James and John" in this form:
Iakwbou kai Iwannou
So James and John must be two different
people.
The following are passages where the Granville Sharp Rule helps in understanding various doctrines.
Calvinists try to say in Ephesians 1:11
the "council and will" refer to the same thing. this would aid them in
saying foreknowledge is predestining people not just knowing the future. but the
Greek has:
thn boulhn tou qelhmatoV autou
So we see that council and will are two different things.
And in
Acts 2:23 the "definite plan and
foreknowledge of God" is:
th wrismenh boulh kai prognwsei tou qeou
The
tou qeou, or "of
the God" is just a title. Notice "the council" and just "foreknowledge."
So again we see that council and foreknowledge are two different things.
In
1 Corinthians 14:15 the "pray with my mind and my spirit also"
is:
proseuxomai tw pneumati, proseuxomai de kai tw noi.
Both sets of
nouns are in singular dative form. (Ends in i )
Since Granville Sharp Rule applies here, praying with your mind and spirit at
the same time means the term "praying in the Spirit" does not always mean
praying in tongues.
Greek version is the (NA26) Nestle Aland 26th Edition Greek New Testament.
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