autous in Mt28:19

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Mar 29 07:46:33 EST 2002


At 9:24 PM -0500 3/28/02, Jeff Fisher wrote:
>Greetings
>I am wondering what autous specifically refers to in Matt 28:19.  At first I
>thought it referred to the "nations" (ethne)  but then I saw how that ethne
>was neuter and autous is masculine.  Are these suppose to agree in tense?  Or
>am I missing something?  Thanks for your help

Text: POREUQENTES OUN MAQHTEUSATE PANTA TA EQNH, BAPTIZONTES AUTOUS ...

I really don't think there's any way to misunderstand this: certainly
AUTOUS refers to the individual persons of the EQNH MAQHTEUQHTEA, and
although Jeff Fisher is masculine, I certainly would assume it's generic
and representing ANQRWPOUS in the common gender.
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