Re: Exegesis Mt 11:13
Nichael Cramer (nichael@sover.net)
Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:25:18 -0400 (EDT)
Edgar Krentz wrote:
> >Has anyone any constructive comments on Mt 11:13?
> >
> >Is is saying, as the Contemporary English Version - <CEV> seems to imply,
> >that the O.T. prophets only included events up to the arrival of John the
> >Baptist - surely not!
> >
> >Or is - more likely - that the prophets prophesied - PROEPEEOUSIN - aorist
> >1 - and that the coming of John Baptist marked a transition period in the
> >prophetic office?
> Matthew regards John the Baptist as the one who initiates the age of
> fulfillment. [He and Jesus have the same summary of their messages in
> Matthew 3 and 4.] What Jesus says here does not say that their prophecies
> only referred to matters prior to John the B.
In an exegetical vein, it is probably useful to compare this to the
parallel in Lk 16:16 where he (Luke) makes the termination of the "prior
age" quite explicit (in keeping, of course, with Luke's tripartite
"Salvation History").
Nichael Cramer
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