Luke 2: 12, complementary or appositional clause

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Oct 3 19:40:23 EDT 2002


At 1:41 PM -0700 10/3/02, Tracey Lane wrote:
>Greetings, all,
>
>I would like to hear some comments on the following. Luke 2: 12 begins
>TOUTO hUMIN TO SHMEION. . . I would like to consider that what follows,
>beginning with hEURHSETE BREFOS. . ., is a type of complementary or
>appositional clause to what is introduced at the front of the verse. Would
>I be wrong in calling it this?

Text: KAI TOUTO hUMIN TO SHMEION, hEURHSETE BREFOS ESPARGANWMENON KAI
KEIMENON EN FATNHi.

Appositional to TOUTO ... TO SHMEION, yes.
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