John 20:28 and Smart's rule.

One of the McKays musicke at ozemail.com.au
Thu Feb 1 18:46:28 EST 2001


Dan said:
> You might want to check the archives from last October/November 2000
> where this construction was dicussed at length.  They  can be found at
> the B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek.
>
> The rule is stated as:
>
>         "In native [not translation] KOINE Greek when the copulative
>         KAI connects two substantives of personal description in regimen
>         [i.e. both or neither have articles] and the first substantive
>         alone is modified by the personal pronoun in the genitive or
>         repeated for perspicuity [Winer 147-148;155] two persons or
>         groups of persons are in view."
>
> There is no example in the GNT where this construction has one person
> in view.

You're a brave man, Dan!
I would have thought your rule was systematically and comprehensively shot
in the foot in that discussion.

Also, John 20:28 is clearly a place where your rule cannot possibly apply!

David McKay
musicke at ozemail.com.au





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