Acts 2:2 rushing breath?
Iver Larsen
iver_larsen at sil.org
Sun Oct 13 03:42:37 EDT 2002
I have a question on the passive participle in this verse:
KAI EGENETO AFNW EK TOU OURANOU HKOS hWSPER FEROMENHS PNOHS BIAIAS
The sound - HKOS - is the subject which is compared to the sound of a
strong/violent breath. The genitive FEROMENHS modifies PNOHS, but why is it
passive and what is the meaning of the word FERW here? Most English
translations take it in an active sense like rushing, blowing, driving,
roaring.
Is it at all possible that it could be construed with EK TOU OURANOU? In
that case I would understand it as "being brought from heaven" and the
source or origin of the wind would be fronted in order to focus on the
source of this unusual sound.
Iver Larsen
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