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timothy_p_mcmahon wrote: ↑March 9th, 2019, 4:39 pm
I think your sudden realization is correct, but I don't think it's a Greek issue.
Thank you. My concern is mostly the "αὐτῶν", whether the combination with a noun results in "their refusing" or "their being refused". Which is the normal koine usage?
timothy_p_mcmahon wrote: ↑March 9th, 2019, 4:39 pm
I think your sudden realization is correct, but I don't think it's a Greek issue.
Thank you. My concern is mostly the "αὐτῶν", whether the combination with a noun results in "their refusing" or "their being refused". Which is the normal koine usage?
I'm afraid that, here, there is no normal usage, just a grammatical ambiguity.
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