Luke 3:18 Syntax

Daniel Riaño danielrr at mad.servicom.es
Fri Oct 9 12:33:37 EDT 1998


G. Ross wrote:
>>     I would appreciate it if someone would be kind  enough to explain to
>>me the syntax of Luke 3:18.   POLLA MEN OUN KAI hETERA PARAKALWN
>>EUHGGELIZETO TON  LAON.   I am currently reviewing the form and use of
>>present  (continuous) participles as presented in chapter 27 of Mounce's
>>_Basics of  Biblical Greek_.  The verse given above is part of a
>>translation exercise  in the workbook that accompanies Mounce's BBG.  
>>What puzzles me is the use of the middle voice  of EUANGGELIZW.  Do POLLA
>>and hETERA function as the grammatical subjects  of EUHGGELIZETO (neuter
>>compound subject with a verb in the singular) and  consequently TON LAON
>>as the direct object of PARAKALWN?   Thank you for your help!   Gordon
>>Ross gfross at dnai.com  
>
As I see it. *parakalw=n* is subjective predicative of the main verb
*eu)hggeli/zeto*. *Polla\ me\n ou)=n kai\ e(/tera* is a pair of coordinated
internal accusatives of *parakalw=n*. *to\n lao/n* is external direct
complement of the main verb. *eu)aggeli/zw* regularly functions in the
middle voice as transitive even in the NT (the exceptions in Act.Ap., but
it is not easy to find the meaning of the voice opposition).


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