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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Carl W. Conrad
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