1 Cor 12:2
Ben Crick
ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Thu Sep 3 12:45:06 EDT 1998
On Thu 3 Sep 98 (12:32:48 +1000), pwiles at mail.usyd.edu.au wrote:
> I have a question re 1 Corinthians 12:2 specifically with reference to
> the prepositional phrase pro\ß ta\ ei¡dwla ta\ a¡fwna (I realise
> that this verse is inherently difficult due to being an anacolouthon)
>
> Is it syntactically possible to see this phrase as adverbially
> qualifying h¡gesqe in the subordinate clause w*ß a·n h¡gesqe ie can
> it be syntactically part of a subordinate clause when it precedes the
> clause marker (w*ß a·n)?
Perry,
Interesting. My GNT has OIDATE hOTI hOTE EQNH HTE PROS TA EIDWLA hWS AN
HGESQE APAGOMENOI. The problem is over hOTI hOTE, and the participial
predicate with APAGOMENOI.
OIDA takes a participial predicate in 2 Corinthians 12:2, OIDA ANQRWPON
EN CRISTOWi PRO ETWN DEKATESSARWN... hARPAGENTA TON TOIOUTON hEWS TRITOU
OURANOU.
In 1 Corinthians 12:2, the hOTI (particle of reported speech) is not
strictly necessary; but an adverb or adverbial phrase of time seems
necessary, and was inserted by Aleph, A B C and D. Koridethe and some
cursives, and Origen's Latin, have hOTE alone; the Greek (not Latin) of
the Dresden G and the Byzantine Text Sigma have hOTI alone. Westcott & Hort
plumped for hOTI hOTE because of the "Aleph + B" agreement against the
Sigma Byzantine Text.
There is a useful discussion in the older commentary by Principal TC
Edwards, /A Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians/, London,
Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1885, page 305f. If you cannot find it in your
library resources, I'll copy it to you by private email. BM Metzger in
his invaluable /A Textual Commentary on the GNT/ passes over it in
silence.
Translation? "We know [as opposed to what we don't know, verse 1]
that [hOTI] whilst [hOTE] you were Gentiles you were being continually led
away captive [APAGOMENOI] after the dumb idols, in whatsoever way [hWS AN]
you were seduced".
The Present Passive Participle APAGOMENOI is used, as often in Greek, for
the "Historical Present", where the English prefers a Past tense; "were
being led away".
My A$0.02.
ERRWSQE
Ben
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