Matthew 11.11

Mark Wilson emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Thu Mar 22 23:39:35 EST 2001


Brian:

You wrote:

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AMHN LEGW hUMIN, OUK EGHGERTAI EN GENNHTOIS GUINAIKWN MEIZWN IWANNOU
BAPTISTOU; hO DE MIKROTEROS EN THi BASILEIAi TWN OURANOWN MEIZWN AUTOU
ESTIN.

But hO DE is a standard connective denoting a shift of subject without 
necessarily any contrastive or adversative force.
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I think you are exactly right. I would NOT connect the hO with the DE, but 
the DE itself is far from always, or even generally, denoting a contrastive 
or adversative force.

My thoughts,

Mark Wilson

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