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Continuation of Charles C. Torrey's Introduction to The Apocalypse of John (Yale University Press, 1958):
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Continuation of Charles C. Torrey's Introduction to The Apocalypse of John (Yale University Press, 1958):
It would be ridiculous to conclude from 20:2 (above), and from 1:5 apὸ Iēsoû khristoû, ho mártus ho pistós [ἀπὸ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ μάρτυς, ὁ πιστός] ("from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness"), that the author of this Greek was imperfectly acquainted with the construction called apposition. The method he followed justified him in choosing the construction illustrated in the two passages; while in such instances (in his view not similar) as 3:12, 13:16, 17:7, 20:8, 21:2, and 21:9 (end), he treated the cases of apposition like any Greek author.
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