Relative Clause with Compound Antecedent
Posted: July 18th, 2016, 10:11 am
I was looking at the last part of John 2:22...
καὶ ἐπίστευσαν τῇ γραφῇ καὶ τῷ λόγῳ ὃν εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς
At first it seemed obvious to me that the relative clause at the end went only with "τῷ λόγῳ" since "ὃν" matches its gender and not the gender of "τῇ γραφῇ" However, I started to wonder if it would be possible for a relative clause to have a compound antecedent. That is the clause introduced by "ὃν" goes with both "τῷ λόγῳ" and "τῇ γραφῇ." It's probably not the case here since the "writing" probably isn't something that was "said." Even if it may not be the case here, is this construction possible? If so, would the relative pronoun default to the masculine if there are multiple antecedents of mixed gender? If there are two singular antecedents (again assuming it's possible) would the relative pronoun be plural?
καὶ ἐπίστευσαν τῇ γραφῇ καὶ τῷ λόγῳ ὃν εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς
At first it seemed obvious to me that the relative clause at the end went only with "τῷ λόγῳ" since "ὃν" matches its gender and not the gender of "τῇ γραφῇ" However, I started to wonder if it would be possible for a relative clause to have a compound antecedent. That is the clause introduced by "ὃν" goes with both "τῷ λόγῳ" and "τῇ γραφῇ." It's probably not the case here since the "writing" probably isn't something that was "said." Even if it may not be the case here, is this construction possible? If so, would the relative pronoun default to the masculine if there are multiple antecedents of mixed gender? If there are two singular antecedents (again assuming it's possible) would the relative pronoun be plural?