KOPIWNTAS in Acts 20:35

Steven Craig Miller scmiller at www.plantnet.com
Tue Dec 21 14:53:42 EST 1999


To: David W. Roe,

<< Fribergs' Grammatical Analysis Database shows KOPIWNTAS in Acts 20:35 as 
a 2nd person verb, supporting the KJV, ASV, NASB translations, among 
others. Some (NRSV, NEB, NIV, TEV, et al.) translate this in 1st person, 
that "we" must KOPIWNTAS; or, like the RSV and most German translations, 
translate the intended actors of KOPIWNTAS as a plurality of unknown 
persons by translating that "one" must KOPIWNTAS (Ger: "man"). >>

The Clapp, Friberg, & Friberg "Analytical Concordance" lists it as a 
VPPAAMYP (that is, Verb, Participle, Present, Active, Accusative, 
Masculine, Second Person, Plural). This seems to be an error, it should be 
listed as an VPPAAM-P since participles don't show "person."

-Steven Craig Miller
Alton, Illinois (USA)
scmiller at www.plantnet.com
Disclaimer: "I'm just a simple house-husband (with no post-grad degree), 
what do I know?"




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