Thessalonikeis' Infinitive!

Andy Jackson andy_jackson_2 at hotmail.com
Sat Apr 20 03:15:22 EDT 2002


Dear List -

Hello! I just had a look at Thessalonikeis and came across 4:9:

PERI DE THS FILADELFIAS OU XPEIAN EXETE GRAPEIN hUMIN

I would translate this as 'Concerning the love of brother you do not have 
the need to write to you' - obviously this doesn't make any sense, and I 
think that it must be ...'you do not have the need to be written to you' - 
however, what can be the grammatical justification for this?  Is this a 
standard 'passive' use of the infinitive?

Much appreciated,

Andrew Jackson






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