PALAIOS AND JARCAIOS, AND RELATION TO NEOS AND KAINOS

^[p. 375] PALAIOS AND JARCAIOS, AND RELATION TO NEOS AND KAINOS

Palaiov” — more “the former,” ajrcaisee footnoteo” — “ancient, antique.” You could not say ajrcaisee footnoteo” a[nqrwpo” in the sense of palaiov”. jArcaisee footnoteo” is opposed to nevo” but cannot be so absolutely to kainov”. But ajrcaisee footnoteo” can be neither nevo” nor kainov”. It may be opposed to both: so may be palaiov”. It is contrasted with kainov”, but it is not the nevo” — what now begins. In 2 Corinthians 5: 17 ajrcaisee footnotea are things which have been of old, a long time; we have a new system or creation. So in Matthew 13: 52: they are things kaina; kai; palaiav, the old scribe knowledge, and other new things.