Acts 7:59

B. D. Colt babc at ix.netcom.com
Fri Mar 23 02:58:19 EST 2001


On 22 Mar 01, at 0:01, Roe wrote:

> 

> > Acts 7:59
> > And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus,
> > receive my spirit. (KJV)
> > 
> > Could the Greek grammatically allow  that "Lord Jesus, receive my
> > spirit" was said by the "they" instead of by Stephen..... ?
> 
> 
> Hi Steven,
> 
> No, not grammatically allowed because the verbs in question are both
> singular.  'Calling upon' is EPIKALOUMENON, and 'saying' is LEGONTA.
> The plural forms, which would be required for the proposed reading,
> are EPIKALOUMENOUS and LEGONTAS.
> 

Also note that EPIKALOUMENON and LEGONTA are both in the 
accusative, agreeing with STEPHANON, so cannot refer to the subject 
of the sentence.



Barbara D. Colt, mailto:babc at ix.netcom.com
St John the Evangelist, San Francisco



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