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There is nothing wrong about this, if '''you are writing your own bible''' ("The Gospel according to Andy"). But when you are translating God's word, you should start with the meaning given by the Greek text. That is not what you are doing. You start with your infallible insight: '''Jesus wants to tell us that He is The Son [of God] ''and'' A Human Being'''. Then you look up the big words in a lexicon and fill in the little words (which are omitted because of the Greek grammar of which you know too little) according to your insight.
 
There is nothing wrong about this, if '''you are writing your own bible''' ("The Gospel according to Andy"). But when you are translating God's word, you should start with the meaning given by the Greek text. That is not what you are doing. You start with your infallible insight: '''Jesus wants to tell us that He is The Son [of God] ''and'' A Human Being'''. Then you look up the big words in a lexicon and fill in the little words (which are omitted because of the Greek grammar of which you know too little) according to your insight.
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And this is just crazy. If you are challenged on your "translation", you shop around the net and present any result which could be stretched to make your case. Here, you say that Matthew could have used the  genitive epexigetically. And there you stop. If you were really interested in translating the actual words, you should have asked you the question: "Does Matthew use this construction somewhere else?" and "How does Matthew usually convey appositions?"  
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And this is just crazy. If you are challenged on your "translation", you shop around the net and present any result which could be stretched to make your case. Here, you say that Matthew could have used the  genitive epexigetically. And there you stop. If you were really interested in translating the actual words, you should have asked yourself the question: "Does Matthew use this construction somewhere else?" and "How does Matthew usually convey appositions?"  
    
But this would need some actual work on your side other than musing about a text waiting for further insights. Furthermore, I think it is beyond your knowledge of Greek.
 
But this would need some actual work on your side other than musing about a text waiting for further insights. Furthermore, I think it is beyond your knowledge of Greek.
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