Friday, May 17, 2024

Chad Pierce on κηρυσσω

 


The verb εκηρυξεν is often associated in the NT with the verb ευαγγελιζω or the noun ευαγγλελιον, linking preaching with the gospel. (See Matt 24:14; Mk 1:14; 13:10; 14:9; Lk 8:1; 1 Cor 1:23; 1 Thess 2:9) However, in each of these cases, the connection between the proclamation and the good news explicitly stated. There are, however, other instances within the NT in which εκηρυξεν is used in a more general or neutral sense of making an announcement. (Lk 12:3; Rom 2:21; Rev 5:2) Therefore the verb εκηρυξεν does not necessarily involve preaching the good news. (Chad Pierce, "Spirits and the Proclamation of Christ: 1 Peter 3:18-22 in its Tradition-Historical and Literary Context" Ph.D. Thesis, Durham University, 2009], 204, emphasis added)