John 17:23

c stirling bartholomew cc.constantine at worldnet.att.net
Sun Aug 18 22:16:27 EDT 2002


on 8/18/02 2:49 PM, c stirling bartholomew wrote:

> Looks like a periphrastic construction, not too uncommon.

Matthew if you look in your grammars under periphrasis you should find a
discussion of verbal constituents made up more than one verb. Typically an
existential verb combined with a participle. There are a number of different
patterns, and lots of examples in the NT and LXX.

greetings,

Clay


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