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Document Details : Title: A Note on John 20,23b Author(s): LAMBRECHT, Jan Journal: Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses Volume: 83 Issue: 1 Date: 2007 Pages: 165-168 DOI: 10.2143/ETL.83.1.2021747 Abstract : In a recent NTS-article Sandra M. Schneiders claims that in John 20,23 the parallelism is synonymous and synthetic: “Anyone whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven to them and those [the forgiven] whom you hold fast [in the communion of the Church] are held fast”. The critical discussion of her arguments leads back to the traditional understanding and translation of verse 23b: “Anyone whose (sins) you retain, they are retained (to them)”. The note’s conclusion also refers to the valuable treatment of this verse by Michael Theobald in Herrenworte im Johannesevangelium. |
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