[B-Greek] Ephesians 2:8 TOUTO
Harry W. Jones
hwjones2 at earthlink.net
Fri Jan 31 12:50:09 EST 2003
Hello,
If the participle SESWSMENOI were neuter and singular I could see that but
it is tagged as masculine and also plural by Friberg. So Hukel's idea of
PLOUTOS does seem to me to be a more likely candidate. Interestingly,
Wallace doesn't mention this.
Best Regards,
Harry Jones
> [Original Message]
> From: Gie Vleugels <gvleugels at etf.edu>
> To: <hwjones2 at earthlink.net>
> Date: 1/31/03 5:20:03 AM
> Subject: RE: [B-Greek] Ephesians 2:8 TOUTO
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> The 'antecedent' of this neuter pronoun is the idea, expressed in
> the verbal construction ESTE SESWSMENOI, and not one particular word.
> Thus it is salvation that is said not to be EX hUMWN.
> Yours,
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> Gie Vleugels
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> Onderwerp: [B-Greek] Ephesians 2:8 TOUTO
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> Hello,
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> In Eph. 2:8 THi GAR CARITI ESTE SESWSMENOI DIA PISTEWS; KAI TOUTO
> OUK EX
> hUMWN, QEOU TO DWRON. What would be the antecedent of TOUTO?
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> This really has me puzzled. So any help would be appreciated.
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> Best,
> Harry Jones
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