[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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