Matt 16:18

c stirling bartholomew cc.constantine at worldnet.att.net
Tue Nov 20 02:19:24 EST 2001


on 11/19/01 9:22 PM, c stirling bartholomew wrote:

> Matt 16:18: KAGW DE SOI LEGW hOTI SU EI PETROS KAI EPI TAUTH TH PETRA
> OIKODOMHSW MOU THN EKKLHSIAN KAI PULAI hADOU OU KATISXUSOUSIN AUTHS.
> 
> "In normal [Greek] syntax a phrase like KAI EPI TAUTHi
> THi PETRAi can only refer to something outside of the
> speaker AND his interlocutor.

Another loose reading of this condition could be the pattern:

LEGW or PHMI (same sentence) Pronoun[deomons]

This pattern produces some examples worth exploring:

Matt. 3:17, 15:7-8, 23:36, Mark 8:12, Luke 11:51

Note that Matt. 23:36 meets several criteria, not just one.


I don't think that syntax is going to answer this question. A speaker can
use "indirection" when addressing a person or a group. The use of the
demonstrative pronoun is just one example of this.

Clay


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