identifying sentences

Dot Palmer palmer7 at salmoncountry.net
Wed Aug 21 09:33:27 EDT 2002



Can anyone here tell me if there is a positive way to tell a definite
beginning and ending of a sentence in a Greek mss.  I see that de and kai
are used both in the middle and at sentence 'beginnings'.  I have noted
that sometimes neither is used. Is there a way to tell positively if you
are in the middle of a sentence when you come across either of them?  Or
is it a matter of the translator's opinion?

This question has been on my mind for years, but has become extremely
important of late as I have spent many months reconciling the resurrection
passages 'discrepancies'.  In Matt 26:16-17.  Is it at all possible that
verse 17's beginning 'and on the first unleavened' can be the ending of
16's 'that he might betray him'?  This would easily work out the final
discrepancy, so I am on pins and needles.
 
I am not a Greek scholar; have only been using a interlinear for study for
many years. So, please be kind.

Thank you for any help you can offer.

Dot Palmer



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