Sunday, November 6, 2022

John 17:1

When the Daily Dose of Greek went over John 17:1 last week, I noticed a chiasm.

Ταῦτα ἐλάλησεν Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν εἶπεν· πάτερ, ἐλήλυθεν ἡ ὥρα· δόξασόν σου τὸν υἱόν, ἵνα ὁ υἱὸς δοξάσῃ σε

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you."
This particular word order ("[You] glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you") illustrates this reciprocity.