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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