John 3:2 - DIDASKALOS: what kind of nominative?

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed May 19 15:46:03 EDT 1999


At 1:39 PM -0600 5/19/99, Paul Felix wrote:
>What type of nominative is used for DIDASKALOS in APO QEOU ELHLUQAS
>DIDASKALOS in John 3:2?
>
>Paul Felix

This is a predicate nominative, which is to say, it functions adverbially
with ELHLUQAS: "You have come from God AS A TEACHER." It agrees, of course,
with the implicit nominative subject SU in the verb.



Carl W. Conrad
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