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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 20 – The First and Second Resurrections
the expression, “and which had not

worshiped the beast,” etc., shows that there is

another class introduced. The word is the

compound relative, ὅστις (hostis), not merely

the simple relative ὅς, and is defined by

Liddell and Scott, “Whosoever; whichsoever;

anyone who; anything which;” and by

Robinson, “One who; someone who;

whosoever; whatsoever.” As one class, John

saw the martyrs, and as another, he saw those

who had not worshiped the beast and his

image.

It is true that ὅστις is sometimes used as a

simple relative, as in 2 Corinthians 3:14;

Ephesians 1:23, but never in such

constructions as this, preceded by the

conjunction καὶ.