VERSE 7 in NWT version says Junias was male,I understand from the Vicar of Worting near Basingstoke that Junias was a woman,possibly an apostle.
WHOM IS RIGHT?
Roman 16
by badboy 2 Replies latest watchtower bible
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robert
Junias is a female name so it is more than likely that the person mentioned in Romans 16:7 was a woman. The "difficulty" is that Paul refers to her as an apostle which is inconvenient for those who like to argue that women can't be given positions of responsibility in the church. The word for "man" doesn't appear in the original Greek so the NWT rendering, "...who are men of note among the apostles..." is improper. OK would be, "...who are of note among the apostles..." which corresponds fairly closely with the original text.
Robert.
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NewWay
BB, the Greek word is 'Iounian'. The grammatical case is feminine object ('-an').