Luke 16:9

Joe A. Friberg JoeFriberg at email.msn.com
Fri Oct 8 17:57:25 EDT 1999


----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Mullins <mullik at CHAMPINT.COM>
Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 10:49 AM
>
> I  don't understand why EKLIPHi is singular here.  Is it used as an
impersonal
> verb?
>
> Lk 16:9 KAI EGW hUMIN LEGW, hEAUTOIS  POIHSATE FILOUS EK TOU MAMWNA THS
ADIKIAS,
> hINA hOTAN EKLIPHi DEXWNTAI hUMAS EIS TAS AIWNIOUS SKHNAS.
>

The 3sg. subject of EKLIPHi is coreferrential with TOU MAMWNA which is m.sg.
That is, it is the "mammon" (sg.) that will fail you (pl.).  Mammon has a
generic reference, as to a general principle.

Joe Friberg








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