Gal. 1:9 accusative of person to whom

MISS DIANA N SHAW BLFR64A at prodigy.com
Fri Jun 12 18:29:01 EDT 1998


Although dative of person was the more usual, Thayer and BAG both 
describe this usage with the middle voice of EUAGGELIZW.  
Thayer calls it "a constr. unkown to the earlier Grks. (cf. Lob. ad 
Phryn. p.268)," but cites several passages from contemporary or later 
Hellenistic writers, other than the NT (Eusebius,  Justin Martyr,  
Alciphron and Heliodorus.)  

BAG doesn't make any special comment on the peculiarity of the usage 
and cites a longer list of examples from both NT & other writers.  
They add Polycarp and the author of the Petruskerygma to the list of 
non-NT writers using it.

Several other NT passages are cited by both Thayer and BAG, including 
Lk 3:18, Acts 16:10, I Pet. 1:12..
BAG's list is quite long.  Happy to send you full quotes fro mboth 
dictionaries if you'd like, off-line.  

Liddell & Scott might add more insights, but I didn't look up, since 
these two seemed to support the construction fully.  Will also find & 
type L&S for youoff line, if you need & don't have handy.




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