Naked Bible 353: Revelation 1:4
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Ha-on in the Septuagint
The phrase Ha-on is probably taken directly from Exodus 3 14, where it occurs twice as an explanation of the divine name Yahweh. John knows Greek everywhere else; why is he doing this? Where would this particular wording be found? Ah, back in Exodus 314, the burning bush. So John marries two things grammatically that don't go together. But it's his way again of drawing attention back to the source.
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