ENESTERNISMENOI HTE in 1 Clem 2.1

Steven Lo Vullo doulos at merr.com
Sat Dec 29 18:22:11 EST 2001


Hi all:

1 Clem 2.1: KAI PROSECONTES TOUS LOGOUS AUTOU EPIMELWS ENESTERNISMENOI 
HTE TOIS SPLAGCNOIS.

My question concerns ENESTERNISMENOI HTE. My sense is that it is a 
periphrastic construction. If so, it would be equivalent to a finite 
pluperfect. My only hesitation is based on the word order. It seems to 
me that the common construction is verb followed by participle, though I 
found some exceptions in the NT (Matt. 22.8; John 1.24; Acts 1.17; 
20.13). BAGD also seems to take this as a periphrastic construction. Can 
anyone think of any other options? When taken this way, the sentence 
seems somewhat awkward, though not by any means unintelligible.
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI




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