[B-Greek] Rev. 9:14

mrt mrt at hisurfer.net
Thu Dec 25 19:40:52 EST 2003


Rather than saying "Most construe the prepositional phrase with the
participle DEW."  I would hope all do.  When we have a verb right next to a
prep. that affords us natural syntax this should be taken.  It seems your
source of wants to force a particular reading/interpretation.  As Polycarp
basically said... that's putting a lot of distance between a verb (LUW) and
the preposition.
Prepositions commonly show how a verb is connected to various objects.  In
these cases i.e. when they modify verbs - they frequently answer questions
of how, when, where etc. Here EPI is telling us *where* the angels are
bound, namely - at, near, by the E' river.

Merry Christmas!

Michael Tarver
DEDEMAI EPI WREGON YSA

<'\\><  laus Deo
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From: "Ron Snider" <ronpt at comcast.net>
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Subject: [B-Greek] Rev. 9:14


> The Greek of this verse runs as follows:
>
> luson tous tessaras avggelous tous dedemenous epi. tw potamw tw megalw
> Eufrate.
>
> I have seen a suggestion that the prepositional phrase EPI... is to be
> construed with the verb LUO, but the normal reading of the sentence does
> not appear to me to make this a strong option.  Most construe the
> prepositional phrase with the participle DEO.
>
> Any insight will be appreciated.
>
> Ron Snider
>
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