Thessalonikeis' Infinitive!

Ken Smith kens at 180solutions.com
Sat Apr 20 04:42:05 EDT 2002


Rather than interpreting GRAFEIN as an "passive active", I'd probably
prefer to assume an implied TINA, i.e.,

PERI DE THS FILADELFIAS OU CREIAN ECETE [TINA] GRAFEIN hUMIN

"But concerning brotherly love, you have no need for [anyone] to write
you . . . "

Paul can be elliptical as well as expansive when he wants to be.

Ken Smith

> 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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