genitive in John 1:3

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Dec 14 09:00:21 EST 2002


Forwarded for George Somsel <Polycarp66 at aol.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 13:52:08 EST

In a message dated 12/13/2002 7:13:19 AM Eastern Standard Time,
dewus at bluemarble.net writes:

>John 1:3 reads, PANTA DI AUTOU EGENETO...was wondering why
>the genitive AUTOU is used but the translation is him; same with KAI
>CWRIS  AUTOU EGENETO later; thanks.
>


You're trying to equate English and Greek grammar.  The two are not the
same.  DIA takes the genitive and is translated as indicating agency
(generally by "through").  In English a preposition takes the objective
case which is why it AUTOU, while genitive in Greek, is in the objective
case in English.

gfsomsel



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