matt 21:25

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Tue Jun 25 11:32:18 EDT 2002


In a message dated 6/25/2002 11:19:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
johnumland at yahoo.com writes:


my first question to b-greek, surely a softball.
i was doing my exercises in ward power's book and
couldn't understand why the definite article before
john's name is neuter.

Mat 21:25  TO BAPTISMA TO IWANNOU


Every adjective agrees with the noun which it modifies.  IIn this noun here 
is BAPTISMA which is neuter.  Any adjective referring to it would therefore 
be neuter as well.  "John" would not appear to be an adjective, but by 
placing the article in the neuter before it the name "John" which is normally 
a noun itself comes to modify another noun.  It is "the baptism, the one of 
John."

gfsomsel  



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