[B-Greek] John 20:26
Barry Hofstetter
nebarry at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 11 20:16:46 EST 2003
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From: "D Jongkind" <dj214 at cam.ac.uk>
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Subject: [B-Greek] John 20:26
> ERCETAI O IHSOUS TWN QURWN KEKLEISMENWN
>
> 'Jesus came while the doors were locked up'
>
> What is the correct grammatical description of the participial clause TWN
> QURWN KEKLEISMENWN. Is it a genitive absolute or is it a genitive because it
> describes the 'time during which'? Or am I trying to make a distinction here
> between one and the same function of the genitive case?
Looks like a genitive absolute to me (noun + participle in the genitive case,
providing a circumstantial modifier). A genitive of time within which would
normally include a specific lexical item related to time.
N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Fecisti nos ad te et inquietum est cor nostrum, donec requiescat in te...
-- Augustine, Confessions 1:1
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