Who did they hear
Dave Washburn
dwashbur at nyx.net
Mon Apr 2 14:36:09 EDT 2001
>
> Acts 9:4a
>
> KAI PESWN EPI THN GHN HKOUSE FWNHN LEGOUSAN AUTWi, SAOUL
>
>
> Acts 9:7b
>
> AKOUSONTES MEN THS FWNHS MHDENA DE QEWROUNTES
>
>
> Acts 22.9
>
> THN DE FWNHN OUK HKOUSAN TOU LALOUNTOS MOI
>
>
> Rather than an appeal to the Genitive versus the Accusative of FWNH, is it
> possible that in 9:7, THS FWNHS refers to Saul's voice?
>
> Hence, those standing by heard Saul, but did not hear to whom he was
> speaking,
> which 22:9 states.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Wilson
Mark,
The most common explanation is that the genitive indicates they
heard a sound, whereas the accusative indicates they didn't hear
the actual words. See Kittel I:216 and the grammar references
cited there.
Dave Washburn
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
"You just keep thinking, Butch. That's what you're good at."
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