I had actually found that PDF. I assumed that it wasn't what SSS was referring to, because it was so brief.Homer wrote:You can find Alford's comments here:
http://www.mission.org/jesuspeople/translations.pdf
As pointed out, Augustine erroneously followed the Vulgate whereas the Greek fathers followed the original Greek and did not fall into the errors of Calvinism.
Homer, this is what I said to SSS:
"If he argues the verb should be read as a middle (as many as disposed themselves), it will be interesting to see if he addresses the lack of a reflexive pronoun. Or he may say something like Robin & Wesley's comments. Either way, it will be interesting to see if he addresses the time aspects of the grammar--when it happened."
I have very carefully pointed out that White argued based on the time aspects of the grammar. (I also briefly referred to White's argument based on the reflexive pronoun, but I didn't draw that out clearly.) I just posted three times pointing that out. Your link doesn't say anything about it. So why point me to a document that doesn't address the issue I've been talking about?
It's like I said to Robin. It argues against the conclusion, but it doesn't argue against the argument.
