Phil 2:2, why TO AUTO accusative?

Dave Washburn dwashbur at nyx.net
Wed Jun 6 10:59:13 EDT 2001


> My question is:
> 
>   Tell me again why the first TO AUTO should be tagged as accusative;
>   Why not nominative?
> 
> Friberg and Friberg tags it as accusative.  Is this right, if so
> what's the justification?  What are the arguments one can use to tag
> it as nominative?  What am I missing?
> 
> Thanks ahead of time.

[snip]

Hi Mike,
BAGD translates it "think the same thing" which is similar to the 
way I've always understood it; idiomatically I'd translate it "be of the 
same mind."  Acts 28:22 uses a similar construction (with hA) as 
do some other passages.  

Dave Washburn
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
"You just keep thinking, Butch.  That's what you're good at."




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