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The Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament: Colossians and Philemon is the first book in a projected series of twenty volumes that seeks to bring together classroom, study, and pulpit by providing the student or pastor with the information needed to understand and expound the Greek text of the New Testament. Author Murray J. Harris aims to close the gap between grammatical analysis and...

ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου Ὅς (nom. sg. masc. of rel.pron.ὅς, ἥ, ὅ) refers to the “dearly loved Son” (v. 13); TNIV, “the Son is … . “Ἐστιν is a timeless/atemporal present (cf.Z§372); either Jesus, as God’s Son, is eternally the outward projection of the Father, or after his incarnation Jesus remains forever God’s visible expression; cf.Dunn 89n16. Εἰκών (- όνος, ἡ, image) is nom. after the vb.εἰμί, and is anar. because a pred. noun after εἰμί sometimes lacks
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