Acts 9/15 But the Lord said to him, 'Go your way, for this man is a chosen instrument for me, in order to bring my name to the presence of both the nations and kings of the sons of Israel. (Speaking of apostle Paul)
The Greek phrase τῶν ἐθνῶν τε καὶ βασιλέων υἱῶν τε Ἰσραήλ is translated here as "both the nations and kings of the sons of Israel" the NA27, following the Codices Sinaiticus (א), Alexandrinus (A), Laudianus (E), and the Majority text, wants the first Article, the; the text follows the Codices Vaticanus (B), and Ephraemi Syri (C). With the definite article, the phrase is a form of hendiatrisin (which means one by means of three), a longer hendiadys (one by means of two), where the items joined by the conjunctions coalesce, or represent the same entity (see MacDonald, Geek Enchiridion p. 117). While τέ may be written simply as and, followed by καὶ it is both…and (or both this and that), which is sufficiently explained by either Liddell & Scott or Joseph Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (τέ, 5037). Thayer gives examples for τέ…καὶ and τέκαὶ: "not only…but also", "as well…as", and "both…and". The final τέ is not rendered here, and it certainly shouldn't be and because "of the sons of Israel" is not an addition: it represents the same entity as "the nations and kings", all three items being one in the same. Even the following manuscripts which are without the definite article, it can be shown that there is an intrinsic connection between the nations, kings, and Israel. Thayer states that τέ differs "from the particle καὶ…[where καὶ] is conjunctive, [and] τέ [is] adjunctive" and that "καὶ introduces something new under the same aspect yet as an external addition, whereas τέ marks it as having an inner connection with what precedes" (τέ p. 616 volume B.). Therefore in this passage Israel has an inner connection with kings, which in turn has an inner connection with the nations. Therefore if we were to render the final τέ, then the phrase may well have been rendered "both the nations and kings both of the sons of Israel" and while it is not literal, it would not do any damage to the meaning of the phrase to interpret it this way: "both the nations of the sons of Israel, and the kings of the sons of Israel", for which see Genesis 17/4-6, 35/11, and Romans 4/13-22.
Genesis 17/4 'As for Me, Look now, My covenant is with you, and you will be a father of a multitude of nations. 5 Nor will your name any longer be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of a multitude of nations. 6 And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations out of you, and kings will come out of you.
Genesis 35/11 And Elohim said to him, 'I am the Omnipotent El Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and an assembly of nations will come from you, and kings will come out of your loins.
Romans 4/13 For not through law was the promise to Abraham and his seed for him to become the heir of the world, but it was through the righteousness of faith.[but still the promise is to Abraham or to his offspring] 14 For if they [offspring] are heirs out of law, faith has been made void, and the promise made of no effect, 15 because the law engenders indignation, for where there is no law neither is there transgression. 16 On account of this, it is out of faith, so that it might be by merciful goodwill, for the promise to be made secure to all the seed, not only to those out of the law, but also to those who are out of the faith of Abraham [offspring of the faith of Abraham] , who is father of us all [meaning all true Judeans and Romans] 17 – as it has been written: 'I have appointed you a father of many nations' – in the sight of Him Whom he believed, God, Who gives life to the dead and calls those things not in existence as if being in existence. 18 Against hope he believed in hope, for him to become the father of many nations in relation to what had been spoken: 'So will your seed be.' [Abraham's seed or descendants, would become many nations, a promise fulfilled in the children of Israel. Nowhere does the Scriptures say that many nations would become Abraham's seed, as many so wrongly assert] 19 And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body as already having been put to death, being about a hundred years old, nor even the deadness of Sarah's womb. 20 He did not stagger at the promise of God by unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving preeminence to God, 21 and being fully persuaded that what He promised He was also able to carry out. 22 Consequently, in addition, it was accounted to him for righteousness. [And thus was Isaac born, contrary to human expectations for such an aged couple]
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Acts 9/15 But the Lord said to him, 'Go your way, for this man is a chosen instrument for me, in order to bring my name to the presence of both the nations and kings of the sons of Israel. (Speaking of apostle Paul)
The Greek phrase τῶν ἐθνῶν τε καὶ βασιλέων υἱῶν τε Ἰσραήλ is translated here as "both the nations and kings of the sons of Israel" the NA27, following the Codices Sinaiticus (א), Alexandrinus (A), Laudianus (E), and the Majority text, wants the first Article, the; the text follows the Codices Vaticanus (B), and Ephraemi Syri (C).
With the definite article, the phrase is a form of hendiatrisin (which means one by means of three), a longer hendiadys (one by means of two), where the items joined by the conjunctions coalesce, or represent the same entity (see MacDonald, Geek Enchiridion p. 117). While τέ may be written simply as and, followed by καὶ it is both…and (or both this and that), which is sufficiently explained by either Liddell & Scott or Joseph Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (τέ, 5037). Thayer gives examples for τέ…καὶ and τέκαὶ: "not only…but also", "as well…as", and "both…and". The final τέ is not rendered here, and it certainly shouldn't be and because "of the sons of Israel" is not an addition: it represents the same entity as "the nations and kings", all three items being one in the same.
Even the following manuscripts which are without the definite article, it can be shown that there is an intrinsic connection between the nations, kings, and Israel. Thayer states that τέ differs "from the particle καὶ…[where καὶ] is conjunctive, [and] τέ [is] adjunctive" and that "καὶ introduces something new under the same aspect yet as an external addition, whereas τέ marks it as having an inner connection with what precedes" (τέ p. 616 volume B.). Therefore in this passage Israel has an inner connection with kings, which in turn has an inner connection with the nations. Therefore if we were to render the final τέ, then the phrase may well have been rendered "both the nations and kings both of the sons of Israel" and while it is not literal, it would not do any damage to the meaning of the phrase to interpret it this way: "both the nations of the sons of Israel, and the kings of the sons of Israel", for which see Genesis 17/4-6, 35/11, and Romans 4/13-22.
Genesis 17/4 'As for Me, Look now, My covenant is with you, and you will be a father of a multitude of nations. 5 Nor will your name any longer be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of a multitude of nations. 6 And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations out of you, and kings will come out of you.
Genesis 35/11 And Elohim said to him, 'I am the Omnipotent El Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and an assembly of nations will come from you, and kings will come out of your loins.
Romans 4/13 For not through law was the promise to Abraham and his seed for him to become the heir of the world, but it was through the righteousness of faith.[but still the promise is to Abraham or to his offspring] 14 For if they [offspring] are heirs out of law, faith has been made void, and the promise made of no effect, 15 because the law engenders indignation, for where there is no law neither is there transgression.
16 On account of this, it is out of faith, so that it might be by merciful goodwill, for the promise to be made secure to all the seed, not only to those out of the law, but also to those who are out of the faith of Abraham [offspring of the faith of Abraham] , who is father of us all [meaning all true Judeans and Romans] 17 – as it has been written: 'I have appointed you a father of many nations' – in the sight of Him Whom he believed, God, Who gives life to the dead and calls those things not in existence as if being in existence.
18 Against hope he believed in hope, for him to become the father of many nations in relation to what had been spoken: 'So will your seed be.' [Abraham's seed or descendants, would become many nations, a promise fulfilled in the children of Israel. Nowhere does the Scriptures say that many nations would become Abraham's seed, as many so wrongly assert]
19 And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body as already having been put to death, being about a hundred years old, nor even the deadness of Sarah's womb. 20 He did not stagger at the promise of God by unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving preeminence to God, 21 and being fully persuaded that what He promised He was also able to carry out. 22 Consequently, in addition, it was accounted to him for righteousness. [And thus was Isaac born, contrary to human expectations for such an aged couple]