[B-Greek] tou in Luke 22:31
Mike Dewus
dewus at bluemarble.net
Mon Apr 14 17:45:42 EDT 2003
Hi Mark,
You've addressed my question; I wasn't aware of that function for the
genitive article and so I've learned something today. God bless you, and all
who have helped me.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Lama
To: Mike Dewus
Cc: B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] tou in Luke 22:31
On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 23:10 , Mike Dewus <dewus at bluemarble.net> sent:
>BlankGreetings all,
>
>Luke 22:31 SIMWN SIMWN, IDOU hO SATANOS EXHTHSATO UMAS >>TOU<< SINIASAI WS
>TON SITON.
>
>My rather literal take on it: Simon Simon, behold satan desired ye >>of
>the<< to separate/sieve as/like wheat.
>
>My conversational take on it: Simon Simon, behold satan desired to
>separate/sieve you as/like wheat.
>
>Explanation of the conversational take: Simon was [targeted ] to be
>separated from his fellows, the "ye" in the literal take.
>
>
>Would someone be so good and help me; it seems to me that Peter was so
>targeted, no?
>
>RSV: Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift
>you like wheat,
>
>
>kind regards and thanks, Mike Dewus
>
>dewus at bluemarble.net
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If I understand your question, you are asking whether the singular article
TOU somehow singles out or targets Simon Peter. No, it does not. TOU
SINIASAI is an example of the articular infinitive. When the article is in
the genitive, as here, it indicates purpose, as a clause with hINA would.
Thus TOU SINIASAI means simply something like "In order to sift." TOU goes
with the verb and has no bearing on hUMAS. Forgive me if I misunderstood
your question, but you had TOU in the subject field, and your message was
not very clear.
CARIS KAI EIRHNH,
Mark
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