AUTOU in Matt 8:5
clayton stirling bartholomew
c.s.bartholomew at worldnet.att.net
Sat Jul 10 17:20:13 EDT 1999
>>>>>
I have a VERY little greek question that is puzzling me and my greek
professors are away doing the things of summer break <g>.
Matt 8:5 EISELQONTOS DE AUTOU EIS KAFARNAOUM....
NRSV When he entered Capernaum...
NASB And when He had entered Capernaum...
Is the AUTOU a g/s/m noun, or is it the adverb "that place" refering to
KAFARNAOUM?
(1) I understand the subject "He" is imbedded in the participle, so I
can't understand AUTOU as a gentive noun gramatically. I only pose the
question in case I'm missing some kind of "exception" I should know
about!
(2) EIS KAFARNAOUM looks straightforward, and and so an adverb here
seems redundant, but it is the only way I can understand the grammar of
this.
Can someone clarify this for me? Thanks.
Greg Kilbrai
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Greg,
Matt 8:5 EISELQONTOS DE AUTOU EIS KAFARNAOUM....
Is a genitive absolute. AUTOU is an anaphoric pronoun. Participles are
NOT inflected for person so AUTOU is required. You will find genitive
absolute constructions at the beginning of many of Matthew's narrative
units.
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Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
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