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Ellipsis’ Ugly Head (John 12:7)

By TylerR on Mon, 08/22/16
Bible, Theology & Philosophy
Greek
Bill Mounce
Bible Passages

Mondays with Mounce: Why did Mary keep the perfume? An ellipsis is when words are left out, and the assumption is that the context is sufficient to fill in the gaps. It especially happens in the second of two parallel thoughts, words from the first assumed in the second. But John 12:7 gives us a good example of ellipsis when there is no parallel.

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