An Exegetical Summary of John 1–9

by Ronald Trail

Publisher:

SIL International

, 2013

Overview

How can biblical exegesis be fruitful and meaningful when commentaries and lexicons provide contradictory interpretations, seeming to support opposing translations? An Exegetical Summary of John 1–9 asks important exegetical and interpretive questions phrase by phrase, summarizing and organizing content from every major Bible commentary and dozens of lexicons. You can instantly identify exegetical challenges, discover a text’s interpretive history, and survey the scope of everything written about each verse and phrase.

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Key Features

• Phrase-by-phrase analysis
• Summary of lexical entries for nearly every word
• Comprehensive commentary comparisons

Contents

Top Highlights

“The imperfect tense of this verb is also translated ‘already was’ [REB], ‘already existed’ [LN; NLT, TEV].” (Page 11)

“QUESTION—To what time period does the word ‘beginning’ refer?” (Page 12)

“This verb means to exist in an absolute sense [LN]. It refers to the Word’s eternal existence [NICNT1].” (Page 11)

“Worship in spirit could mean to worship whole-heartedly, with one’s whole inner being” (Page 178)

“Worship in truth is worship that is in agreement with reality” (Page 178)

Product Details

• Title: An Exegetical Summary of John 1–9
• Author: Ronald Trail
• Series: Exegetical Summaries
• Publisher: SIL International
• Print Publication Date: 2013
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Pages: 514
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. N.T. John 1-9 › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. John 1-9 › Translating
• Resource ID: LLS:EXGSUM64JN1
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2020-10-22T16:34:15Z

About Ronald Trail

Ronald Trail (PhD, Deccan College, 1968) is the author of four volumes in this series, and author or editor of a number of books on languages of India and Nepal. He has been a member of SIL since 1961.