2 Peter 2:2 relative pronoun - which antecedent?

Timothy Duke tduke at accsoft.com.au
Wed May 26 08:24:08 EDT 1999


After a long time without a computer, I return to b-greek!

2 Peter 2:2 reads:
KAI POLLOI ...AUTWN..DI' hOUS...
My question is this: which is the antecedent: POLLOI or AUTWN?  Most 
commentaries I have access to confidently assert POLLOI, but do not give 
any reasons. but I would have thought that AUTWN, being closer, would 
certainly qualify as well.
How can I decide?  Are there general rules to follow when gender and number 
do not nail it?  Which grammatical textbook discusses this????

Tim Duke
Sydney



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