Galatians 2:1
Steven Lo Vullo
doulos at merr.com
Thu Nov 22 16:13:40 EST 2001
On Thursday, November 22, 2001, at 02:52 PM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
> The text we're working from is Gal 2:1 EPEITA DIA DEKATESSARWN ETWN
> PALIN
> ANEBHN EIS IEROSOLUMA META BARNABA. The preceding verse that matters in
> this regard is
> 1:21 EPEITA HLQON EIS TA KLIMATA THS SURIAS KAI THS KILIKIAS. If Paul
> had
> wanted to emphasize the duration of his stay there, I think he would
> probably have used an accusative of extent of time, perhaps something
> like
> EKEI DE EMENON/EMEINA DEKATESSARA ETH -- the imperfect if the emphasis
> is
> on continuous residence, the aorist if the fact that the residence
> lasted
> for fourteen years is emphasized.
Carl:
I don't think Keith had in mind a duration, rather repeated visits
throughout a fourteen year period. At least that is what I was
responding to in my post.
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI
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