JAMES 2:24 - Chafer Theological Seminary

James 2:24: Retranslation Required 7
John 16:32b supports BDAG’s adjectival classification of
John 8:29 and 16:32a. The former has monos (masculine), but the
others use monon (masculine or neuter).
16:32b: I am not alone (monos), because the Father is with Me
8:29: The Father has not left Me alone (monon)
16:32a: You. . . will leave Me alone (monon)
John 16:32b is a simple predicate adjective. The subject I
refers to Jesus (masculine), so alone (monos) is masculine. John
16:32b is a predicate adjective, so 16:32a is a double accusative of
object and complement 13 (similar to a predicate adjective).
8:29: The Father has not left Me [to be] alone (monon)
16:32a: You. . . will leave Me [to be] alone (monon)
Thus, John 16:32 means that: When the disciples forsake
Christ, He would be (humanly) alone, but not completely alone
(because of the Father). John 8:29 parallels 16:32a.
John 17:3 and Jude 1:4 illustrate the attributive adjective. The
adjective is close to its matching substantive.
The word order of Galatians 6:4 most naturally places monon
within a prepositional phrase eis heauton monon (“in himself
alone”), rather than modifying the verb (distant from it).
In all seven of these verses both the NKJV and the NASB
place alone or only in the adjectival position (next to the noun), not
in the adverbial position. These are adjectival. John 12:9 may also
use the masculine accusative adjectivally.
Adjectival:
Adverbial:
They came, not because of Jesus alone [masculine
accusative], but that they might also see Lazarus.
They came, not only [neuter accusative] because of
Jesus, but that they might also see Lazarus.
13 Ibid., 659, gives John 8:29 as an example of the double accusative of object
and complement: The Father has not left Me [to be] alone.