Revelation of John 10:8
Again speaking and saying ( παλιν λαλουσαν κα λεγουσαν ). Present active predicate participles feminine accusative singular agreeing with ην (object of ηκουσα ), not with φωνη (nominative) as most of the cursives have it ( λαλουσα κα λεγουσα ). Ordinarily it would be ελαλε κα ελεγεν. See 4:1 for like idiom. This is the voice mentioned in verse 4. No great distinction is to be made here between λαλεω and λεγω.Go, take ( Hυπαγε λαβε ). Present active imperative of υπαγω and second aorist active imperative of λαμβανω. The use of υπαγε (exclamation like ιδε ) is common in N.T. (Mt 5:24; 8:4; 19:21; Joh 4:16; 9:7). Charles calls it a Hebraism (16:1). Note the repeated article here ( το ) referring to the open book in the hand of the angel (verse 2), only here βιβλιον is used, not the diminutive of βιβλαριδιον of verses 2, 9, 10.
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