PEMPTAIOI in Acts 20:7 D

clayton stirling bartholomew c.s.bartholomew at worldnet.att.net
Thu Oct 14 15:16:15 EDT 1999



I was intrigued by the reading PEMPTAIOI  in Acts 20:7 D (Bezae).
PEMPTAIOI in this context is an adjective which limits the subject of
HLQOMEN but functions as an adverb of time (see C.K. Barrett (Acts: ICC)
and AT Robertson page 657).

Now it is no big deal for an adjective to function as an adverb. But it
seems like typically the adjective is inflected as a neuter (nom/acc
sing). In this case however the adjective is in agreement with the
subject of the verb but semantically it is functioning as an adverb of time.

It does seem a little weird for an adjective functioning semantically as
an adverb of time to be in agreement with the subject of the verb.

There must be something obvious I am overlooking here since C.K. Barrett
calls this reading in D "elegant".  

You will note that in dire emergencies like this I do haul out A.T.
Robertson. This happens at least twice a year. Robertson has a one page
discussion of this on Page 657. See also Liddell & Scott (intermediate)
page 618. 
 
 
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Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
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